PaintingStreets

I dont understand how people simply hammer solid bushings in, ive been trying for the whole day and they dont wanna move. tried a dead blow hammer, mallet, metal hammer with pieces of eood only to have the wood just keep spliting after like 3 swings, tried a huge bolt with a bunch of washers and metal plate usin an air impact to "press" it in. nothing. im losing my sanity as we speak lmao. any advice would be appreciated

PaintingStreets

and im talking about the subframe bushings, the front and rear diff bushings went in like butter, maybe because they are smaller? idk but the subframe bushings jus dont wanna go in

terrasmak

iTrader: (8)

Little bit of grease , I believe I tapped mine is with a hammer. Was not easy

armt350z

iTrader: (6)

If you havent damaged the mating surface yet, go freeze your bushings for a couple hours then install them frozen.

92K1500

iTrader: (1)

Always freeze solid bushings before trying to install.

HRMoneyPit

Aways Freeze


And not a baby hammer either


I've been debating buying Z1s 100$ bolt and washer to keep my subframe bushings looking nice after install

PaintingStreets

i froze them for two days, and used some marine bearing grease, was able to get one in with a hammer but had to use a press for the other 3 lol. the press took like 5 mins.