Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sub frame bushing replacement

Ok now that the sub frames are taken care of paint wise, now is time for the bushing. In the picture above are aluminum bushings from 034 motorsports. *Before* taking anything apart on the vehicle put these in the freezer(like the one you use for foods :P) for at LEAST 2 hours. Mine have been in the freezer for well over a month.

Due to laws of matter the molecules in matter get closer when the temperature is lower. Thus the bushings get smaller. after this you can put them in the sub sub frame, should still be a tight fit. If it is hard to push in, just use a rubber mallet and gently hammer it in. Like so.

After fitting all of the bushing in the holes and hammering them down I then clamped them and let them sit over night.

 However after this this there appears to be one set of bushings that don't seat properally and fell out, I will make another post when I figure out how I am going to remedy this situation.
To be continued 






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  1. As a continuation of this I used super glue to hold the bushings in place then the bolts will keep them still when they are in the car

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