FWD toe arms modified into AWD (EASY)

[93'colttsi]

Well, I ran into the problem so many others have had. seized eccentric bolts on the toe adjusters for the rear. I cut out the old bushings/eccentrics effectively destroying the stock awd toe arms (no readily avail aftermarket bushings were found) I found the post for the intrepid rear toe arms, but figured there must be a easier way.

Anyways I could source locally brand new Beck Arnley FWD toe arms, but no listing or aftermarket parts for the AWD toe arms. I ordered the FWD arms anyways knowing they are a bit different then the FWD ones to save from waiting for shipping and ordering parts online for the AWD ones.

Pic of the awd arm (on the left) vs the FWD arm (right side) *note the bushing in the awd arm was just temporary, but gives you a idea of the difference in the bushings between the awd and fwd toe arms.

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All I had to do to get the fwd toe arm to fit into the awd subframe was add a "spacer" to the forward side of the bushing. Good as new!

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Here are the part numbers for the beck arnley fwd arms.

-1017093 (left toe arm) ($39 from rock auto)
-1017094 (right toe arm) ($39)

 

[spoolinpos]

Digging this back up. Any way of getting these photos back online? Also, any idea of how big of a spacer was used? Thanks.