The SJ Forester 2014-2018 has problems with the right control arm bushing, as an AC drain hose is located right on top of the right control arm bushing, causing it to drip all over the bushing and cause it to rot
The car will shake violently above 50 mph, and it is obviously from the lower right where that bushing is.
Because the bushing failed for that specific reason, is it ok to only replace the right control arm, or do they need to be replaced in pairs?
OE control arms are $200-250 each, so $400-500 for the pair. Moog, Mevotech, and Suspensia cost a lot less, but I don't know how good they are. Delphi and CTR don't make control arms for this car. There is another one called SuperPro with poly bushings that costs $400 for the pair and are only sold as a pair.
So would you buy just the right OEM control arm, or would you get one or two Moog/Mevotech/Suspensia arms, the poly pair, or would you just suck it up and buy two OEM control arms from the dealer?
Here is a video on it, and the fix:
The car will shake violently above 50 mph, and it is obviously from the lower right where that bushing is.
Because the bushing failed for that specific reason, is it ok to only replace the right control arm, or do they need to be replaced in pairs?
OE control arms are $200-250 each, so $400-500 for the pair. Moog, Mevotech, and Suspensia cost a lot less, but I don't know how good they are. Delphi and CTR don't make control arms for this car. There is another one called SuperPro with poly bushings that costs $400 for the pair and are only sold as a pair.
So would you buy just the right OEM control arm, or would you get one or two Moog/Mevotech/Suspensia arms, the poly pair, or would you just suck it up and buy two OEM control arms from the dealer?
Here is a video on it, and the fix: