Unpack and grease the front lower control arms

~30 min1/5

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Watch out

Do not skip the bushing grease just because the assembly "looks lubricated." Pump until grease comes out the flutes — anything less and the bushings will squeak and wear early.

Workshop tool wall with sockets and grease gun. — Reference photo (Unsplash) — placeholder while Factory Five image permissions are pending.

Tools you'll use

5/16" wrench
grease gun
chassis or lithium grease

Parts from your kit

front lower control arms (Box 26, or donor Mustang LCAs)
grease fittings (included)

What to do0 / 2 checked

Open Box 26 (or set aside your donor Mustang if you went that route). Thread the small grease fittings — the — into the threaded holes on each control arm using a 5/16" wrench.
Connect a grease gun to each fitting and pump grease into the bushings until you see grease squeezing out around the flutes on the bushing ends. That is how you know the bushing is fully packed. The come pre-greased from the factory, but add a couple of pumps to each one for good measure.