Lower A-Arms

[Erik G Wood <genericwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Writes:
 
AFAIK, the lower A bush centers aren't supposed to move on those pins..  
they're supposed to be locked solidly on there by the nut and washers 
under the grease cap.  Any movement should be between the rubber 
inside, 
the inner sleeve and outer shell. 

Does anyone know for sure if this is the case?  The lower a-arm pins on my car moved within the bushing when I took everything apart.  I assumed that this was supposed to be the case, as it is similar to the bronze bushing set up on my Giulietta.  But Jon is under the assumption that the bushing itself takes all of the motion from suspenstion travel, and the bushing does not rotate around the pin.  Anyone know definitively which way is correct?  I put mine back together with the nuts just tight enough to take up slack without "locking" the bushing onto the pin.
 
Erik Wood
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