Camry Lower Control Arm Bushings

[egeorge]

Hi, in my 1993 camry 3vzfe I changed the lower control arm bushings (L and R), but just after couple months they broke apart, I've done it twice in the last 10k miles. I just bought the whole control arm with bushings but before I change them I would like to find out if anybody knows why this could be happening, do not want to loose the new ones right away.
Thanks in advance.

[chronoti]

are you losing any fluids? like power steering? because that will eat them right up.

[73sport]

Originally Posted by egeorge

Hi, in my 1993 camry 3vzfe I changed the lower control arm bushings (L and R), but just after couple months they broke apart, I've done it twice in the last 10k miles. I just bought the whole control arm with bushings but before I change them I would like to find out if anybody knows why this could be happening, do not want to loose the new ones right away.
Thanks in advance.

If you pressed them in yourself, you need to orientate the inner sleeve so the arm and the mounting bolts match how they are when the car is sitting at ride hieight. Meaning; if the rubber is bonded to two surfaces and you twist one 90 degrees from the other to put it in the car at ride height, the rubber bond will fail.

Other than that, like he said, fluids attacks rubber. Stop all leaks!

EDIT: so a new complete assembly should be fine as I'd guess they aligned them for the average ride height.

[egeorge]

Originally Posted by 73sport

If you pressed them in yourself, you need to orientate the inner sleeve so the arm and the mounting bolts match how they are when the car is sitting at ride hieight. Meaning; if the rubber is bonded to two surfaces and you twist one 90 degrees from the other to put it in the car at ride height, the rubber bond will fail.

Other than that, like he said, fluids attacks rubber. Stop all leaks!

EDIT: so a new complete assembly should be fine as I'd guess they aligned them for the average ride height.

Thanks to both of you for your quick answers.
Yes my car has a power steering fluid leak and I was told about the problems with rubber but it happens only in the driver side control arm. The passenger side is completely dry and I have the same problem. Hope that with the new arms and because bushings come already installed what "73sport" mentions will be already fixed.
Could bad engine mounts be putting too much pressure on these rubbers? Or even too low pressure on the tires?
Thanks