Hey guys,

So no local shop or garage is able to install my Whiteline transverse link bushings and SPL compression rod bushings. I have read the write-up on the DOM tubings that could be used to press out the old and in the new, but no place is willing to sell such low quantity locally. I have to buy the whole yard even if I only need a couple inches of them. And they would charge extra to cut up the extra.

Before I ordered my bushings, a few shops say they could do them in less than two hours. But when I show them the Whiteline bushings, they all say they are not like the Energy Suspension bushings that are designed with ease of installation in mind. Furthermore, because the arms are made of aluminum, they could not torch them up like they would with steel.

A couple shops initially was willing to machine up the sockets to install the bushings for me, but when I go in to make an appointment, they change their mind and tell me they don't want to bother. They ALL tell me to go elsewhere instead.

Anybody want to lend me theirs for a week or so for shipping charges and rental costs?

Thanks

 

I'll add that if you have no need of your old sets, I could buy them off you for a reasonable price, so we don't deal with mailing the stuff back and forth.

The bushings on my G35 sedan are in great shape, so I am in no hurry.

I changed out the ones on my Z when I was back in Arizona. The racing shop I went to was able to find proper DOM tubing from their neighbouring shops. Things are different where I am now.

 

I had your exact problem. I was trying to do it myself and no one wanted to sell me a half foot of stuff, let alone find the 1.5 DOM or whatever.

I finally found a race shop that did my transverse bushings. I had OEM compression rod bushings pressed in at PepBoys on a sunday.

I would try an online machine shop, mcmaster (read: I looked here, it was pricey for a half foot on there) or finding a shop in the next city over that can do this. Can you remove them and ship them to a shop?

I've spent about $100 USD on bushing labor... but it was way easier than finding the crap to do it. Good luck.

 

If you are still in need of the proper sized fittings to do the bushing press, lemme know.

I can make you a set to do the install

Made my own set and the install was EASY!

Press out the old bushings, press in the new ones, DONE!

No need for torches or any of that crap

 

I want one too!!!!

 

I just used a 28mm Craftsman socket (1/2" drive) for the drift, and then a piece of steel pipe fitting as the receiver. I think the pipe was a common Home Depot 1.75" fitting. A simple tape measure will show you what works. Anything with about a 1 1/2" outside diameter that will clear the end of the bushing will work for a drift, and any piece of tube with a 1 9/16" inside diameter will work as a receiver.