blaze_125

Got my new bushings from Energy Suspension and am just about to start installing them.

The instructions are pretty straight forward, but I'm still wondering if I need to keep the metal sleeve that's over the stock bushing, or if I take everything out?

EG2Driver

you need that metal sleeve when you are done or the bolts will eat the bushings away.

kaiba

The old metal sleeve must go.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DeadEnd9009 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you need that metal sleeve when you are done or the bolts will eat the bushings away.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What Dead is trying to say is that the new metal rod must be use.

blaze_125

If I press out the rubber, will the outer sleeve follow too?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kaiba &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The old metal sleeve must go.
What Dead is trying to say is that the new metal rod must be use.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Got ya

kaiba

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blaze_125 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If I press out the rubber, will the outer sleeve follow too?


Got ya </TD></TR></TABLE>

I Don't know. When i did mine. I didn't have access to a press. What i did was burn the old rubber then cut the sleeve with a hack saw.

instructor74

with the right size addapter the sleve will press out but most o the time I had to cut mine out or use the hot knife and burn them out

blaze_125

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kaiba &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I Don't know. When i did mine. I didn't have access to a press. What i did was burn the old rubber then cut the sleeve with a hack saw.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's what I'm doing too... I was looking for an excuse to go get my-self a press... but it looks like I can do the job without it .

What did you use to put the new ones in? Sledge hammer?

instructor74

no no no no almost everyone are 2 peice units just grease them up good and push them in. you might need to be tapped in. The ones that are 1 piece will need to be pressed in but there were only 6 in my kit that where that way

kaiba

You can use a vise grip for the one piece.