does this dtss bushing look like its installed correctly? thanks

 

yup

EDIT: yeah it looks good. heres picts of mine installed.. the gaps worried me at first, but the forum gurus (and mazdatrix) confirmed that they were installed correctly...

http://sheepdog.ar2engineering.net/p...hubs/index.htm

 

ask him how he knows

 

lol... that was fun... did i ever show you the rotor that I ended up buzzing down with the rotary cut off tool? I was shooting sparks 12feet away for a good 5 minutes Took the whole hub assembly into JM and said "disassemble" the guy was like WTF happened.

lol good times

 

turn on your AIM

 

Is installing these bushings possible for a home mechanic? or do I need a press?

Jay Kim

 

i'd also like to know that...

 

you need a press to get the new ones in. The old ones may or may not come out by themselves.

 

I suppose it could be done, I took the entire hub assemblies to the local machine shop. They pressed out old bearings, dissasembled both hubs (there were stripped/broken bolots on both), and pressed in new bearings for ~$60. I figured this was more than fair considering what they had to do to remove the broken bolts//dissasemble.


They said the instructions I passed onto them (ones that came with the bushings) helped them install. apparently there is an incorrect way to install them...