subframe not going back in

[Wiglaf]

I cannot for the life of me get the second subframe bushing+bolt to line up properly! Do you guys have any tricks? the bolt just binds up, can't seem to get anything to come out straight.

[jlevie]

Start a nut on the subframe bolts to protect the threads and drive the bolts up. They are held in by a knurled end. Then lift the subframe into position and drive the bolts back down to engage the knurled section.

[Wiglaf]

the getting the bolts back in is the part that's got me stuck. I'll be back at it tomorrow.. sucks that it's in a vert, can't get a good angle to hammer it down into the bushing.

[shiboujin]

I like to pull out the deadening material in the car and hammer out the stud. Then you put the subframe in and drop the studs from the top.

[Wiglaf]

Then you put the subframe in and drop the studs from the top.

yeah that's where it's stuck! lol

i wonder if the lift i'm using isn't level and the body is tweaked up

[shiboujin]

eh. it never goes in easy. Sometimes it just snags no the lip. Hammer that bitch!

[Wiglaf]

finally got it. yeesh.

subframe riser bushings: not really sure how much they helped, still quite a damn bit of neg camber.