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Old 04-02-2011, 01:09 AM
JohnM. JohnM. is offline
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Subframe bushing fun

Finally getting around to replacing my front rear subframe bushings. My passenger wheel in particular has been "steering" the car all over the road the last month or two. Feels very unsafe at speed especially with just a light crosswind. I think a 40 minute snow drifting session is what finally did the mount in a few months back. Very next time I went out to play around..was getting very weird vibrations/flexing feeling from the passenger rear wheel.

Well this was why. The core of the bushing had "turned" inside, so the subframe mount was basically doing nothing on that wheel! Whenever it turned/broke...it also ripped off the rubber plated washer! It was nowhere to be found except for .25" of remnants around the bolt. I was able to pop this one out surprisingly well without tearing the core out, so the other side should be no problem.



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