How real men remove subframe bushings

[LEANE30]

i've been putting this off for years... i just changed subframes for one with good bushings. eh.

i'll have to go through it eventually though. First time I tried to heat the metal around the bushing and knocking it out. that didn't work. so i took the subframe to a mechanic i knew and he tried to push them out. HE BENT THE SUBFRAME. and then i gave up and just put a different, better condition bushing subframe in :P

But no, heating the metal will not reduce it's strength.

[clarkkey594]

this should be titled "how idiots remove subframe bushings" I dont see why peopple insist on burning the actual bushing. and using a cutter.

Because we are all pyro's and love mass destruction and carnage.

[Atreus]

/whaddadouche

its removing bushings, shit, if i had to do a job like that, (which it seems everyone detests btw), i'd get some fun out of it too.

besides, its fire, you get to burn shit, so thats a +1.

[iamsam]

this should be titled "how idiots remove subframe bushings"

it takes 30 seconds to remove them, Ive done them couple times. YOU DO NOT BURN THE BUSHING OR CUT IT.

heat the metal around the bushing, you will see the old grease and lube bubble up and coming out, takes about 15 second of flame. then 4lb happen hit the aluminum, it will literally jsut fly out squeeky clean.

Burning the bushing andcutting it, loses your levarage point, and its a freaken mess. I dont see why peopple insist on burning the actual bushing. and using a cutter.

relax dude! it was fun making lots of fire! and also the cutting idea was nixed very early on, as it wasn't working. BTW, i bought US ellips from you when i lived in MD, remember? I had the "whooga" horn....

actually, those are your headlights there in my sig....

[thereisnoyun]

this should be titled "how idiots remove subframe bushings"

it takes 30 seconds to remove them, Ive done them couple times. YOU DO NOT BURN THE BUSHING OR CUT IT.

heat the metal around the bushing, you will see the old grease and lube bubble up and coming out, takes about 15 second of flame. then 4lb happen hit the aluminum, it will literally jsut fly out squeeky clean.

Burning the bushing andcutting it, loses your levarage point, and its a freaken mess. I dont see why peopple insist on burning the actual bushing. and using a cutter.

[Atreus]

lol, we all can have a subframe party, i wonder how quickly we can do one car, with multiple ppl working on it...

i think my bushings are worse than yours were, but i'm saving up for suspension components too... see my other thread for that..

[Bimmerman325i]

Win

[iamsam]

We can all have a subframe party! Except it will span several days...

[325ix]

I need to do this as well sometime

[clarkkey594]

Awesome. I need to do mine this spring after finals.

[bimmerpirate]

That's all well and good unless your ebrake cables are seized to your hubs. xD then you use the sawsall and a nice long, narrow blade. just as easy and probably takes less time.

[iamsam]

This...uh...wasn't your car was it?

um, yes it is my car.

[nando]

neat tool, nando! But atm, I have no access to a welder (or someone who can weld) and we did have access to a blowtorch. So there ya have it.

EDIT: That is a super cool tool. If I had one I would have definitely used it. Have you sold any?

no, I've lent it out to some friends though. I didn't actually make it, an old guy who needed a ride to the hardware store did it for me. It's made from scrap metal that was just laying on the floor of his garage..

[Roland H]

The heat actually is the easiest method. Heat them up, and tap em out with a hammer. I had all mine out in 10 minutes on my E36.

[dvmotorsports]

I had a feeling this was going to be a torch job when I read the thread title.