Sleeve, sub-assembly, vehicular suspension assembly and methods for forming/assembling the same

A sleeve for assembling into a sub-assembly including a control arm of a vehicular suspension assembly prepared by a process comprising the steps of:

• providing a tubular segment having a length, a proximal end, a distal end, a bore extending through the tubular segment from the proximal end to the distal end and an interior surface defining the bore;
• firstly shaping a first portion of the length proximate the distal end of the tubular segment to include a proximal flange;
• secondly shaping a second portion of the length proximate the proximal end of the tubular segment to include a distal flange;
• and
• wherein a third portion of the length of the tubular segment forms an intermediate body extending between the proximal flange and the distal flange, wherein the length of the tubular segment includes a substantially constant and uniform thickness after the firstly shaping step and the secondly step.