Hey Cone, I bought the tool and swapped my a few months ago. With the tool it is really a breeze. The guys over at Autohaus Bayern (Beaverton) have my tool right now, Brandon is borrowing it for his car. No other shop or dealer in Portland has the tool. You are welcome to call them, tell them that David sent you. If you want to do it yourself, I would be happy to rent the thing for $20 to you for a weekend (like to recover a little bit of my investment).
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Rear subframe bushing removal 101.
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If your car is pretty clean underneath, I would rate it 3 out of 10 wrenches. If you have a rustbucket, then 5 out of 10. If you are putting poly bushings back in, add one or two wrenches. With the tool, all you do is remove the subframe bolt (helps to have an air hammer), let the subframe drop a bit, then put the tool together and start turning the bolt to draw the bushing out. Installation is reverse, unless you are putting poly bushings in. The poly bushings are two-piece and you can't use the tool to insert these bushings. I used the weight of the car to pinch the top half of the bushing in, and I think I used a hand mallet to put the lower half of the bushing in. Really helps to have access to a lift.
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With a little Si grease I was able to put the bushings in by hand. I did have to seat them against the frame with a bottle jack and a bearing cup however since the force required to get the steel insert seated into the frame of the car is more than it takes to push the bushings out a little.
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Originally posted by ConeI'm having a shop called motorsport international work on it. It's still there, so I'm not sure how much it's going to cost. The main shop guy estimated that it'd take about 3.5 4 hours to take off and put back on the subframe. So less than $500 for sure, hopefully around $400 or so.
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Originally posted by cthulu703With a little Si grease I was able to put the bushings in by hand. I did have to seat them against the frame with a bottle jack and a bearing cup however since the force required to get the steel insert seated into the frame of the car is more than it takes to push the bushings out a little.
some subframe bushings won't detach from the body (ie: mine) and it's necessary to break the inner metal rod in half, dropping the subframe with the bushing in it and a small part still in the frame. If this happens to you, good fucking luck :D
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