Well I did make it to Portland from Santa Cruz, finally got out of here at 10:40pm on the 19th, and rolled into Portland at 5:35 the next afternoon. 736 miles. drove all night, stopped in a couple rest stops, fueled about 100 miles from home and that got me 524 miles to Cottage Grove, Or. added 16 gal to my 17 gal tank. cut it lil close.
but got 32.18mpg with the GPS and 32.73 with the spedo. So don`t thumb you noses at these 240d`s, they can hold their own.
I finally got with JT20 on Sunday afternoon. we pulled off the wheels, removed the center Hub axle bolts. used a brass drift to drive the axles out of the hub splines. then removed the 2 24mm trailing Arm bolts, and worked the arms off the Sub Frame, and the axle slips out of the hubs.
Used a razor blade knife to cut off the rubber lip on the trailing Arm bushing. (used my home made Bushing Remover/Installer) It is a 12in long 5/8 all thread, with a 1 1/2 pipe coupler, some nuts and a couple plates.
The old bushing came right out, and using some Spray Silicone, the new one`s went right back in w/o any trouble. cutting off the old rubber lip took more time than installing the bushings.
The 2 Sub frame bushing also went right in w/o any trouble, again using some spray Silicone. The Bushing installer used the 12 in long 5/8 all thread, a plate and some pieces I welded together to push the bushing in.
I`ll post some pictures tomarow when I down load them from the camera. hope I can remember how to post the pictures.
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When I left, it was not put back together, John had some new axles to slip in the Diff then just a matter of slipping the axle into the Hub and bolting the trailing Arms on. mounting the wheels on and rolling it under the car.
I never thought about leaving the wheels on when droping the Sub Frame., but if you don`t have enough floor jacks, this is one slick way to move it.
Charlie