FRONT BUSH REPLACEMENT Page 2-2
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Front Control Arm Bush Install
1) Here's a pic of the new TRD bushes beside the
control arm. Notice the tapered end, you will need to press that end in first.
2) Lubricate the bush with some grease. I just used
some white lithium grease, since that's all I had around. Silicone grease would
probably work better.
3) Carefully position the 2 parts in a table vice and
start squeezing the bush in. Make sure everything is going in straight. It may
help to have an extra pair of hands to help hold and turn the vice handle.
After a while, you will not be able to push the bush in any further without damaging your vice.
5) Quickly reposition the control arm in the vice,
and place your 2 jaw puller over the bush. Use a few washers to disperse the
force so that the entire bush is pushed in instead of just the middle piece.
Don't just use one or 2 washers either, use at least 3 or 4. The bush laughs at
using just 2 washers, as they will just bend and be destroyed like crazy. Use
some tape or super glue to hold the washers in place while you position the
puller. An assistant is nice here as well.
6) Eventually after applying much force onto the bush
(you may need to use a cheater bar to turn the puller), You can see the other
end popping out and locking the bush into place.
7) Remove the puller once you are certain the bush is
all the way in. And clean up the excess grease.
8) Install the control arm back onto the car. Do not tighten to spec yet.
Front Strut Bar Bush Install
This should be fairly straightforward.
1) Here's the pieces how they go back onto the strut bar:
2) Place one of the nuts to the original position.
Remember the measurement you took back in step 1? Then place one of the
retainers, a new collar, and a bush. Notice the smaller end of the bush is
toward the end of the strut bar.
3) Then place the strut bar back on the car. Add the
other bush, retainer, lock washer and the other nut. Start tightening the nut
down. Insert the 2 bolts at the end of the strut bar to the control arm, once
the nut pulls the bush tight enough.
4) Here's the strut bar and control arm in place with their new bushes.
5) Reinstall the various other pieces you removed to get to the suspension arms.
6) Before attaching the wheel, jack up the corner of
the car via the control arm. Raise it up until it gets into it's normal
position, as if the car was lowered onto the ground. Tighten the suspension
arms' nuts and bolts to spec. This is so the bushes aren't twisted when the
wheels are installed and the car is lowered.
