were you able to put all your circlips back on?especially the lower ball joint and tie rods?

 

i was told you shouldnt install the balljoint and tie end rod bushings...

 

I've installed them. You don't need to put the circlips back on. There's no groove for them anyway.

 

well when u do urs i wanna see cause i plan on doin that soon maybe do teh whole suspension from scratch

 

I've put them on my crx. It took about a day for all of them, just me and a torch and hacksaw. The little cups for the ball joints really don't make much of a difference. I would only replace them if the existing one is already ripped. I think the only benifit it would give is longivity. I may be wrong though.

 

ive done my rear trailing arm bushing didnt do teh DS yet cause it took me 4 hours to do teh PS but it did correct camber that **** had to be torched cut and riped teh **** out but it went in very easy with a nut bolt and washers.....i imagine if u can get the stock bushings out u can do the with the nut bolt tech....also my ball joint bushings are shot how hard with a press are they to do?

 

The cups/bushings on the ball joints have clips that hold them on. To replace them just take the clips off and pull the cups down. When you put the new ones on be sure to repack them with grease. The only thing is I can't recall the type that is used.

 

My suggestion take everything out (LCA's, and camber mounts) take it to a shop to have it pressed out it's much quicker, unless you have access to a do it your self shop that has a press. The whole hacksaw and torch thing takes too long. Both of my cars took approx. 4-6 hours each, (that included taking it to the shop to have it pressed out). Where as firstimers with the hacksaw method will take the whole day and or 2 or 3 in some cases that my friends told me

Bryan

 

or, you can do what i am and buy a 12 ton press from harber freight..

 

ask tbone how he likes his press as he has that exact press. i used it one and its ok...

 

The reason why people do the hacksaw and torch thing is cost. It costs about $15-$20 to have a bushing replaced by a machine shop. $15-$20 might not sound like alot of money. Until you find out that there are 14 such bushings to replace with the Energy Suspension master kit (2 on each front lower control arm, two on each front upper control arm, and three on each rear control arm). And this does not take into account those bushings NOT included in the master kit (ie rear trailing arm bushings). So as you can see, the costs can really rack up if you pay someone else to do it.

 

that rear trailing arm bushing is a pain in the ***** and u cant just press it out any how needs to be cut out and torched out

 

I didn't pay for anything I took it to a shop and did it myself. I know most people do have friends here and there that have access to a shop. Besides it's always a money issue even when buying anything for your car, so if your going to buy something for it better be able to spend money for it. Lets not try and insult anyone's intelligence in here, my suggestion is what I prefered. Whatever route they choose to take is their decision, their money, their time. However, yes it is exspensive to have someone do it for you.

 

i agree, its your time and money

 

Hey SANBST I sent you an IM!

 

wut do u guys know about the spoon eurathane bushing kit??? i can get it for teh same cost as teh ES

 

i dunno, but how much are you paying for your kit?

 

about the same as summit wants for ES peices