Okay so i went on to replacing my upper control arm, and had everything back together when i noticed that my new control arm doesnt have the little notch on that the old one did which slotted into the a-arm. Now its loose and not seated all the way and im not sure what to do. I dont know if the little notch thing on the old one will come off or what.

I took some pics.

Old one with the little notch deal:


New one (i can squeeze these together now. Not planted)


Any help is greatly appreciated so i can get my car put back together.

Cant find any notches lol but here is how mine looks. Maybe it can help

Did yours have the little metal thing on the ends of the threads?

^ Never changed them what you see in the pics is what I see and know :X

You talking about the cotter pin?

Compare:


^The hard bit under the boot. Its not on the new one.

oh I see weird.

I know, right?

looks like it fell off or something, I am not sure. Hopefully someone will know and reply lol.

Its pressed on, so it doesnt look like that coming off. Great. Car is sitting in the middle of the garage to.

Lets hope Riverside gets back to me ASAP.

Not sure but are you talking about the conical bushing??? If so I used a bearing separator to remove that and put them on the SPC arms.

+1 My ichibas actually came with them new. But i have pulled them off factory a arms to put on a customers cusco which did not have them

Forgot to mention. You can swing by a nissan or infiniti dealer and pick up brand new conical bushings if you're not able to remove them from the stock arms.

Do they just push on there or do i need a special tool or what?