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  • SamE30e
    R3V Elite
    • Sep 2007
    • 4319
    #1

    IE Subframe bushings

    Should they have to be pressed in? I got them half way in myself with a impact gun and contraption I made. But do you usually have to press them in?
    1985 325e 2.8 Turbo VEMS
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    • EN318isPDX
      R3V Elite
      • Oct 2007
      • 4373
      #2
      Yes.

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        • SamE30e
          R3V Elite
          • Sep 2007
          • 4319
          #3
          fuck me...

          Alright.
          1985 325e 2.8 Turbo VEMS

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            • 2002maniac
              R3V Elite
              • Feb 2005
              • 4260
              #4
              I greased mine up and slid them in by hand (Although I used AKG).

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                • clavinZERO
                  Hella sick E30
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 2027
                  #5
                  Mine IE ones slid in with little effort. You may want to call IE.

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                    • LowR3V'in
                      R3V Elite
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 4209
                      #6
                      http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67224

                      Perhaps you are just hitting the little dimples?
                      Non-Existant grooving for the subframe dimple. IE over the phone said it was unnecessary. Oppsy, I guess you do need that grooving after all. They told me the material is soft enough to squeeze past the dimple. Really? Note the casting flash at the top of the bushing, these are molded bushings.
                      Good luck!

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                        • g22
                          Wrencher
                          • Nov 2006
                          • 274
                          #7
                          I used AKG and they pushed in just with elbow grease.

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                            • Jean
                              Moderator
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 18228
                              #8
                              Maybe you didn't get all of the OEM stuff out of the subframe?
                              Mtech1 v8 build thread - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...d.php?t=413205



                              OEM v8 manual chip or dme - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho....php?p=4938827

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                                • gearheadE30
                                  No R3VLimiter
                                  • Jun 2007
                                  • 3734
                                  #9
                                  ^^The OE bushing has a metal outer liner, so that is a possibility if you cut it or burned it out. They should just slide in, though.

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                                    • MR 325
                                      Moderator
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 37827
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by EN318isPDX
                                      Yes.
                                      NO, why don't YOU try searching sweetheart.
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                                        • graphikg
                                          Banned
                                          • Jan 2008
                                          • 1614
                                          #11
                                          Yes yes... reviving an old thread, but dont hate. I am going to be doing the rear subframe and trailing arm bushings replacement soon and plan to use AKG 75D. I had a question however:

                                          I followed the link to post #8 by Jean to an IE subframe bushing install 30tech article. Then I read another link on that thread to an AKG subframe/ta bushings install and he replaced the TA bushings without taking out the diff, half shafts, drive shaft, calipers, etc. He just took out the rear spring and rear diff bolt and it dropped down. Can you really do it like this? Seems much simpler.

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                                            • Cronopoulos
                                              R3VLimited
                                              • Jul 2011
                                              • 2187
                                              #12
                                              If you take the rear out as a "system" it makes it a lot easier. Sometimes a little more work in the beginning makes it a lot easier in the end.


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                                                • KirkerBezerker
                                                  E30 Addict
                                                  • Aug 2010
                                                  • 441
                                                  #13
                                                  make sure to flip the metal washers that go under your subframe upside down, they wont cut into the bushing this way.

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