I just got mine in the mail today and need to get them installed. Therefore, I wanted to know how much you guys paid to get your rear steer eliminator bushings installed at a shop.

~George

 

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y not call a local shop and ask them how much they would want to press out &in somw bushings

 

I am sure what it would cost in CA or HI or Ohio would be different than where you are.
As pinfield said you should be calling local mech shops

 

Don't be suprised if they end up costing a lot more than their initial estimate shows. Swapping out those bushing is kind of a PITA and requires quite a bit of disassembly.

-b

 

Hmm I was wondering why the car felt as if the rear was turning out rather than sliding. Do those really work like they are supposed to?

 

I installed mine at home with a vice, a socket and a hammer. It's really not that hard to do.

Anyway, yes, they do work as advertised. The stock bushings, especially when worn out, allow the toe to change drastically under throttle. When I first drove the car after my engine swap, the *** end of the car would kick out to the right under even light throttle. It was actually scary how worn out mine were.

Once I installed the toe eliminator bushings, the car was completely changed. I can hammer it and it will go straight unless I use enough throttle to break the tires loose. Every 2nd gen car needs these.

 

how much are they?

 

40.00 from mazdatrix

 

If your installing it your self you should take a minute and see how little pressure it takes to make the old worn out bushings move, you will really be suprised.

I did mine in the summer and it wasnt to hard you just need to take your time.

I followed this right up and everyting worked out good
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/showth...r+installation

 

They all use the same books to estate hours of work, so I thought it would be close to the same cost all over the country. I guess shop rates might be a little different though. My local shop told me it would most likely be $150 minimum to put in the new ones. I was hoping it would not cost that much, oh well.

 

i did mine my self and they were easy... the olny prob i had waz geting out the bushing bolt.. other than that i used a dremil to get the old sleeves out, then i sanded the alum just a tad... then tapped them in with a mallet... took about 2-3 hrs

 

Anyone sell those that takes Paypal? I have no credit card.

 

Could somebody explain to me what advantage these bushings have for regular old street cars/daily drivers? If you ever read some of those old magazine articles on iluvmyrx7.com you will notice that the press at the time was very impressed with those bushings and the whole passive steering system. It's just like Super HICAS and some of those old active rear wheel steering systems: some really hate it and buy delete kits others think it improves handling and the overall feel of the car.

 

Our passive steering system might have been nice when the bushings were new. All of our bushings are far from new now and they don't even sell stock replacements for our passive steering. If you push your car hard the stock rear steer hides alot of feed back you would like to feel in a race setting. I think my bushings are in "good" condition, but I still do not like feel of them.

 

I paid $50 for the shop to completely dismantle two of the rear hubs (i had to bringin the hubs because the rotor's set screws were facked) and R/R the new bushing sets. I think itemized it was like $30 for the bushings to be removed and reinstalled.