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Supreme Being
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| To anybody who has put new bushings on their lude, how many of them need to be pressed in? I'm tryin to get an idea of how much labor I'm looking at. My car is a little squeaky. Thinking of buying the ES master set.
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| | If you have a benchtop vice, a variety of sockets, lube, and a healthy appitite for swearing you can do them yourself in a few hours. Blowtorch, hacksaw, sawsall, and a grinder wheel aids in the removal of old bushings as well.
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| I can really press them in with a vise? Awesome!Also, I know you can burn out the old ones with a torch, but I'm a little confused about where the sawzall and grinding wheel comes into play. A little enlightenment please......
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| | You use the torch, hacksaw, sawzall, gridning wheel, razorblade, ninja sword to get all the old rubber bushing off your part. Next lube up all your parts, slide your rubbers on best you can then push them all the way in and on with some deep well sockets using slow even pressure. It takes alot of patience and an extra pair of hands to hold everything in place, but it's doable. I did a handfull of bushing on my Teg when I put in the new suspension.
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| | Here is the easier way. http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=8980&highlight=bushing All you need is a drill, hammer/chisel and a little time. The lower bushings I got from energy suspension don't require a press or any tools to install, just the supplied lube. Oh, and if you're worried about squeeks, make sure you get the black parts because they're graphite impregnated to help reduce squeeking. As for the number of bushings that are like that, I think it's 8 (2 on each lower control arm... 1 shock/arm mount, 1 arm/chassis mount), but I'm not sure all 8 of them are included in the master kit.
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| Ah yes the chissel. Forgot that step
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| | FR. & RR control arm, FR strut rod, FR & RR coil spring isolators, RR trailing arm, FR & RR shock, and FR & RR bumpstops are included. Do you guys think when it says control arm bushings, is that for all the control arm bushings? (Upper and lower) I need to know, because I think one of my squeaks is coming from an RR UCA bushing. The other one I know is bad is where the radius arm meet the LCA. I'm not sure because I don't think Honda offers new bushings for the UCA. They probably want you to replace the whole thing. I have seen them for sale though as " camber adjustment kits" or whatever. Oh and I was planning on getting the black ones. I don't even know why anybody would get the red. Sure they look cool, but I think the graphite impregnated ones would be way better than the red ones. Probably last longer too. Also, does anybody know how the suspension is diiferent on an SH? The only master bushing kits I can find from ES are for "SH only" and I have a Base. I'm thinking fuck it. It can't be any different, but if somebody knows something I don't feel free to chime in before I waste hella time and money.
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| | The control arm bushings are the ones that connect the LCA to the subframe. The SH ones are probably different. More than likely the ones for the 4th gens will work for you.
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| | Damn. The 4th gen master kit isn't a complete kit. It is about half of the bushings the 5g kit has, then you have to order the rest of them separately. Oh, and I checked on a Honda parts website.....The rear susp. is the same, but the fronts on the SH have a different radius rod than the Base, therefore, all of the front bushings are different. Oh and BTW, the bushings on the front of the 4th gen are all different part numbers also. I didn't even check the rear. Looks like I have to order all the bushings separately. Either from ES or from Honda.
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| My friend that works at NTB says he will help me do the bushings, possibly gonna work on it in his uncle's body shop. He says we can use his air chisel to take them out. At least that's how he says they take them out at his shop. He claims they come out pretty easy. BRRRRRRRRRAAAAAP! (<--sound of an air chisel)
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