Just ordered the kit and am going to be installing as soon as it arives. I have another car so if it takes a few days thats ok. Was wondering if anyone could shed light on the difficult bushing to replace, and which ones i might not be able to do my self. Oh and just if you have them installed on your crx your opinion if there worth the time and effort. Thanks. and if anyone wants to stop by madison and help me out your more then welcome!

 

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Maybe I'll tell my self to use the search button in the upper right hand corner.

 

The race car has them on the rear TA and LCA along with both sway bars. There are other places where they can go-but we are still using rubber up front for now. I have the Radius Rod ES bushings to put on shrotly. That is something you should do as it affects both Caster and braking performance. There are considerable threads about using poly for the rear TA versus other things. So far I'm happy with the setup I am using. Once I put Hoosiers under the car my opinion may change. BTW: Don't do a full install except on a track car-it will be much too stiff and noisy for the street.

 

I have replaced all of my stock bushings with ES bushings.

I did all of them at home, by myself, without a press. I used the torch method. Burn the old bushing out, use a hack saw to cut through the outer bushing sleeve where needed to relieve stress on the sleeve, punch out the outer bushing sleeve, clean the inside of the bore, and push in the new bushing by hand.

I also took it one more step, while the old bushing was out, I drilled and tapped holes for zerk fittings on the LCAS and trailing arms. I don't have any squeaks from the polyurethane being dry. When I change my engine oil, I also grease the bushings on the LCAS and trailing arms.

The trailing arm bushings are the hardest to replace. Someone on some DIY website said it was like trying to shove Fat Albert through a keyhole. I agree, except that Fat Albert wouldn't be covered with the sticky grease supplied by ES. For the trailing arm, I used a big bolt with two giant washers on each end to pull the bushing through. I had a problem with the bushing twisting under the tension of the big washers and trying to go in the hole cocked, so a stack of smaller washers inside the bushing partially filling the space between the inner wall of the bushing and the bolt fixed that. I have used this trick a few times and it works perfectly.

Replacing all of the old bushings is one of the best low cost mods one can do to these old cars.

 

i did the bushings myself as well, i drilled holes in the rubber in the bushings and then hammered the inside metal piece out, used a hacksaw to cut the sleeve and hammered the sleeve out with a screwdriver

 

Thanks guys for all your input OldSkoolEF you gave some great tips on getting them out. CRX JIMMY I like your ideas too. Thanks a lot this is going to make them a lot easier. I will come back with lots more problems of course. Nothing ever goes as planned.