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Differential bushing replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="Catmonkey" data-source="post: 15524931" data-attributes="member: 124025"><p>For quietest ride you'd want to retain the stock rubber bushings. There is a small NHV penalty going to poly. If you're installing the Metco UCA, then I'd say just replace the differential bushing with poly. Energy Suspension makes a poly bushing that used the stock bushing shell. I think you can swap it out under the car, but you'd probably want to detach your shocks and let the differential drop as far as you can in the car. </p><p></p><p>As for drilling out the bushing, you'd need a cup type drill attachment that is smaller than the cup and larger than the internal steel bushing. A wire brush drill attachment makes easy work of removing the remaining rubber bonded to the cup. You'd need to either fabricate or purchase a bushing tool remover if you just want to replace the bushing with stock because the cup is tapered and it's a pressed fit. </p><p></p><p>I didn't find that the poly bushing made any more noise than the rubber bushing, but I already had been running BMR LCA and UCA with poly bushings. I heated the inner steel collar of the bushing with a torch to push it out of the bushing and then used the wire brush cup to remove the remainder of the bonded rubber. If you go that route, you'd probably want to use some sort of shield to keep the heat away from the under body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catmonkey, post: 15524931, member: 124025"] For quietest ride you'd want to retain the stock rubber bushings. There is a small NHV penalty going to poly. If you're installing the Metco UCA, then I'd say just replace the differential bushing with poly. Energy Suspension makes a poly bushing that used the stock bushing shell. I think you can swap it out under the car, but you'd probably want to detach your shocks and let the differential drop as far as you can in the car. As for drilling out the bushing, you'd need a cup type drill attachment that is smaller than the cup and larger than the internal steel bushing. A wire brush drill attachment makes easy work of removing the remaining rubber bonded to the cup. You'd need to either fabricate or purchase a bushing tool remover if you just want to replace the bushing with stock because the cup is tapered and it's a pressed fit. I didn't find that the poly bushing made any more noise than the rubber bushing, but I already had been running BMR LCA and UCA with poly bushings. I heated the inner steel collar of the bushing with a torch to push it out of the bushing and then used the wire brush cup to remove the remainder of the bonded rubber. If you go that route, you'd probably want to use some sort of shield to keep the heat away from the under body. [/QUOTE]
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