So I got my upper and lower control arms removed from my 122, then took them to a place and had them blasted and powder-coated. I was very happy with the results of that, so next step was getting brand new bushings pressed in.

I was too afraid to try to rig up something myself for this element of the project, so I took them to a local shop to have it done. Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay and watch the process and had to leave them overnight to pick up the next day.

Well.. today I picked them up and there was a problem with one.. the large bolt that passes through on one of them does not pass through very smoothly at all.. it in fact will not push in by and would take some pounding to get through, which would then make turning on the axis rather stiff. The shop claimed that this was the way the arm came to them, and they had no part in that. I was sceptical, but what could I do to prove my case against them? I don't remember putting the big pins back through with the old bushings to see what kind of alignment they were in. I do remember pounding a little more lightly on one bolt to get it started out that on the other side..

So now I have the arm at home and I'm wondering how much of a problem this is? Would it be totally wrong and unfeasable to put a little pounding on this one pin to get the it through, and drive it this way? It would still pivot under the weight of the car, but, well, it's not up to perfect and good standards in my book. Just knowing that was the way it was would probably bug me.

What can I do... try to fix the bend...? I was also thinking that perhaps the flange of the bushing doesn't have to be seated perfectly and I could forcefully "tap" one side of the bushing out just a little so that it corrects the angle of alignment with the other side's opening...? Any ideas of feedback for me out there on this?

Thanks.