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Old May 5, 2009 | 09:48 AM
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Are these the Pillow ***** in the FD3S..

Are there 3 pillow ball mounts on each side of the rear and is this one of them???

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Old May 5, 2009 | 10:39 AM
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Yep
http://maxcooper.com/rx7/how-to/susp...lls/index.html
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Old May 6, 2009 | 03:33 AM
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Anyone got the Part Numbers for the Pillow *****?
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Old May 6, 2009 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Wozza
Anyone got the Part Numbers for the Pillow *****?
It's in the link above.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 02:44 AM
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i just put mine in with a five inch long 3/8 grade 8 bolt nut and washers and i found a lock collar used on tractors at tractor supply that fit in the bushing hole to use to pull them back in. took me about one hour to do all six by myself, control arms still on the car.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by fd3svirgin
i just put mine in with a five inch long 3/8 grade 8 bolt nut and washers and i found a lock collar used on tractors at tractor supply that fit in the bushing hole to use to pull them back in. took me about one hour to do all six by myself, control arms still on the car.

Good job... do you have a pic of that lock collar????

How much did the pillow ***** cost you... They are about 90 euro each over here in Dublin.

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Old May 27, 2009 | 02:21 AM
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UPDATE. Exact location of Pillow ***** 2 and 3...

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Old May 27, 2009 | 07:24 PM
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these were really easy to do ill post pics of the tools i used and part numbers shortly. it took me about 3 minutes per bushing to remove and install
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by fd3svirgin
these were really easy to do ill post pics of the tools i used and part numbers shortly. it took me about 3 minutes per bushing to remove and install
Unless you meant '30' minutes, I'm going to call BS on that.

Just replaced 4 of them last night. In the process I broke a a 3/8" Grade 8 bolt.

I thought I would give it a try doing them on the car.

Well, it might work, and it might not.

I finally just took off the control arms and used a press. One of the bushings would *never* have come out using the bolt and socket method. It took quite a bit of pressure on the press before it would budge.

No corrosion, there isn't any on this car. It was just that tight.
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