Who has pressed in diff mounts themselves?
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Who has pressed in diff mounts themselves?
I need to replace my differential mounts, because I noticed that they are leaking fluid. I wanna go with Pettit's urethane dif mounts for the rear, and I was thinking about pressing them in myself. I know how to do the bolt/washer method+blow torch to remove the old bushings. I know when I replaced my toe links and trailing arms, they had metal sleeves and for that reason I had to have a shop press them out, because no tool I had would press those steel sleeves out.
Has anyone ever pressed in urethane dif mounts themselves and if so, do they have the steel sleeves as well?
Has anyone ever pressed in urethane dif mounts themselves and if so, do they have the steel sleeves as well?
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I did mine myself maybe about a month ago. Not too hard, considering it was my first time ever doing any sort of bushings. The stock mounts do have the steel sleeves in them so you will need a press, for taking the old ones out, and pressing the new ones in, no substitutes.
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I had a spare diff "arm" and just took it to a shop to get the old bushings pressed out. With those out, the new ones basically pop in with a hammer, very easy.
If you can get your hands on a spare arm or can afford to put your car down for a day or so, that's the way to do it. Just take the arm to a machine shop, they'll have the old ones pressed out in no time flat for a nominal fee.
Dale
If you can get your hands on a spare arm or can afford to put your car down for a day or so, that's the way to do it. Just take the arm to a machine shop, they'll have the old ones pressed out in no time flat for a nominal fee.
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I was afraid that it'd have the metal sleeve in there. My local machine shop wants to charge $25-50 per bushing to remove it, I may have to check somewhere else
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i redid all my bushings... i borrowed my friends 10ton press and didnt cut it for all of them.. then the shop wanted to charge me like 250 to remove like 4 bushings so i said f it and just bought a 20ton press for 200...
ernesto- thats friggen ridiculous... worst comes to worst u can ship em to me and ill pop em out for you.. just pay shipping.... only thing is i live in NJ lol..
ernesto- thats friggen ridiculous... worst comes to worst u can ship em to me and ill pop em out for you.. just pay shipping.... only thing is i live in NJ lol..
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