Purchased the master kit, and have a question on the endlink bushings.

Where the F do these go? Not in the instructions and i cant find anything in the FSM.

 

HAHA just saw the Note at the bottom of the instructions. DOH!

Mods save em the embarrassment and delete this thread!

 

I've installed this on my car, more out of necessity than want.

Rather than a solid piece, those bushings shove in each side of the links with that steel barrel inside them keeping them together, like in the bottom picture of the instructions. It really sucks putting these in.

You have to press out your old bushings from the links. Then make sure you use a die grinder or something to get out ALL of the crusty rubber from your old bushings or they will never go in correctly. Some of the supplied grease helps you push them together, but they will keep trying to squeeze back out. If your rubber bushings in your links aren't damaged, I wouldn't bother going through the trouble replacing these.

Also note that the supplied bolts might be the wrong size. In the kit I bought, I had to go and get all new bolts and nuts because the supplied ones were the wrong diameter and wouldn't even fit in the supplied barrels. Also where the bolts went into the hubs, the threads on the supplied bolts were U.S. threads where the hubs were obviously metric. Check the threads before as well to make sure you don't booger up a hub assembly

Make sure to use loctite on the threads once you have them installed too. Don't just rely on nylon locking nuts. Stay safe and have fun

 

Hey thanks for the reply. So far i havent ran into any problems. Have the old bushings pressed out already thanks to O'Reillys bushing press tool.

This thread was about the extra bushings supplied with the kit. After reviewing the instructions, ive realized these are EXTRA larger diameter bushings that come with the kit just in case you need them.

 

yep, i got a box full of those spare end link bushings, maybe i can finally put them to use on the locost project.

 

I heard some talk about the Poly bushings binding on the rear trailing arm. Any input?

 

i generally actually just do the front, the rear axle needs some live movement for better traction. if you are into drifting then they may be more useful. i don't recall there being an issue getting them put into the rear but installation is similar to how pyroman mentioned, gotta chop out that sleeve and clean the barrel without scuffing it.

 

I damaged the shaft on the front trailing arm al little getting the old bushing off. What am i looking at?

 

the ribbed rear part of the aluminum lower control arm or the front round sleeve?

 

Little bit of both

 

i doubt it will be an issue, i nicked the ribbed portion on mine and it never caused an issue, just deburred that spot with a wire wheel.