Lower control arm bushing fail?

Changing oil today took some pics of the bushings to see what y'all think. I've been hearing a metal clicking type noise from the drivers front at low speeds with a stop. Like rolling back and in reverse in the driveway hitting the brakes and the same going forward.
Took it to a friend (mechanic) so I had a second set of eyes that knew what they were possibly looking for while laying underneath trying to replicate the sounds and verify that I'm not totally hyper sensitive and nuts with these sort of things lol.
He said it's the LCA bushings again, replaced them like 2 years ago. Pressed out old and in new. Question is why would these go bad so soon?
I have realized that we did not orientate them correctly on 1 arm at all. And the other arm got one right. According to the FSM the tabs should be like the new arm I bought from Toyota the other day. The front bushings look twisted to me. Not sure if that's normal after alignment or not. Seems at the front of each arm the bushings seems to be at somewhat of a bind in relation to where they sit in the arms...cams weren't frozen before when we did the work and we reused the factory cam set on driver's side used SPC cam on the other because threads got chewed on removal.

It was torqued with the weigh of the vehicle after install and had it aligned a few days later. Just trying not to fuck up these new bushings in the new arms.

 

Brand? If they’re Mevotech, that’s your answer! haha

 

Do not fully tighten suspension bolts until the full weight of the truck is on the suspension.
Or you can cause them to rotate.
I also wondered if someone were to use heat to free up a rusted adjuster bolt, if that heat could weaken the bushing.

 

3 years almost. my napa arm bushings are starting to crack already... ugh.

 

They're expensive yet OEM is the way to go, just look how long the originals lasted !

 

When I asked about mine cracking I thought you said it's not a huge deal. I'm still rolling on original 20 year old lower control arms at 181k. I'll replace them when it's time to rebuild my ICONs in a few years.

 

Sorry, all factory stuff. Thought I put that in...

 

So that part may be normal then, just the twist that looks funny. And front bushings looking like they're almost metal to metal inside where they mount

 

Small cracks on the og arms are fine. 3 years old with a couple deep cracks, not so fine

 

That I can't say but I specifically remember asking about the cracking and being told it's not cause for panic. It would be one thing if you couldn't get and maintain a decent alignment. That said, the fact that yours are already cracking so soon is frustrating. Makes me think it's pretty common though.

 

Yeah kinda leaning that way too. Semi irritating considering what they cost. Also trying to figure out if it's something we did when replacing them. Only thing I can think of is maybe the orientation thing but I also vaguely remember the old ones looking twisted too.
Alignment has held each time I've needed to have one after doing work that requires it. Hopefully something will come of this and make sense after it's done again and it'll help someone else down the road.