cost of labor for bushing replacement
07-27-04, 11:42 AM
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cost of labor for bushing replacement
i bought the complete set of polyuerothane bushings from energy suspension and was wondering about how much i should expect to pay to have a shop put these in for me?
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07-27-04, 11:53 AM
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I'm not sure of the cost, but you might want to consider doing it yourself and saving some dough. I recently did mine and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Just make sure you have a hydraulic press and a dremel handy. The hydraulic press will get the metal sleeves and most of the rubber out and the dremel with a grind stone will get the rest of the rubber out.
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07-27-04, 12:17 PM
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I talked to my local mechanic getting those possibly put on and he warned me that it would cost around $700.00 labor.
If you want to remain sane on the street, then I wouldn't get the bushings put on, they're loud and squeaky. However, they'll make your car handle like a champ
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If you want to remain sane on the street, then I wouldn't get the bushings put on, they're loud and squeaky. However, they'll make your car handle like a champ
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i got my from rx7-parts.com for pretty cheap. i think it was something like 105$ shipped.
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07-27-04, 07:30 PM
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I got the energy suspension bushings that were black in color. They said that the black bushings were impregnated with graphit to cut down on squeaking.
I did the work to get the parts out of the car and took everything to the shop to be pressed. It cost me 200 bucks to have everything pressed. That included the DTSS elim bushings. I didn't have a press and didn't want to mess with em.
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I did the work to get the parts out of the car and took everything to the shop to be pressed. It cost me 200 bucks to have everything pressed. That included the DTSS elim bushings. I didn't have a press and didn't want to mess with em.
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07-28-04, 06:45 AM
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i got the same kind as wankel7. the bushings were on their site about 3 or 4 months ago. ive had them for a while and havent gottenaround to putting them on.
07-28-04, 07:16 AM
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The fron ones, in theory should be a breeze; however I had issues removing the the A arm from the ball joint. Don't know about the rear one....
The fron ones, in theory should be a breeze; however I had issues removing the the A arm from the ball joint. Don't know about the rear one....
07-28-04, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by zabo21
I talked to my local mechanic getting those possibly put on and he warned me that it would cost around $700.00 labor.
If you want to remain sane on the street, then I wouldn't get the bushings put on, they're loud and squeaky. However, they'll make your car handle like a champ
lata
If you want to remain sane on the street, then I wouldn't get the bushings put on, they're loud and squeaky. However, they'll make your car handle like a champ
lata
However, on my car, or any of the other cars that I have installed these bushings on (energy suspension black graphite impregnated bushings), there have been no reported squeaks. In fact, two TII owners reported that squeaks disappeared after the install (due to replacing the destroyed swaybar endlink bushings).
From your post, it sure sounds like you haven't installed these on your car. In the future, please do not post what you have heard, only what you have experienced.
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Originally Posted by scathcart
I install them myself using a 30 ton hydraulic press, so I have no idea on price.
However, on my car, or any of the other cars that I have installed these bushings on (energy suspension black graphite impregnated bushings), there have been no reported squeaks. In fact, two TII owners reported that squeaks disappeared after the install (due to replacing the destroyed swaybar endlink bushings).
From your post, it sure sounds like you haven't installed these on your car. In the future, please do not post what you have heard, only what you have experienced.
However, on my car, or any of the other cars that I have installed these bushings on (energy suspension black graphite impregnated bushings), there have been no reported squeaks. In fact, two TII owners reported that squeaks disappeared after the install (due to replacing the destroyed swaybar endlink bushings).
From your post, it sure sounds like you haven't installed these on your car. In the future, please do not post what you have heard, only what you have experienced.
Yes you're right, I haven't installed them on my car because I am not fortunate enough to have access to a 30 ton hydraulic press and I am certainly not willing to drop $700 on the service. However, I have experienced them first hand on my buddy's TII, when it was running, and I have to say that it was squeaky. And this was about 5000 miles after the set was installed.
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