Freeze your IRS Bushings

[SCREAMnCOBRA]

A few days before I installed my IRS bushings, I put the new ones in a ziplock bag in the freezer. When installing them, coat the subframe shell with polyurethane grease and they slide right in! Saved me a lot of time.

After the fight with removing the stock bushings, I hope this saves somebody else some time!

SCREAMN

 

[BWH2003]

freezing will cause most materials to shrink thereby making it fit in a tight spot easier. Then as it warmes up it expands filling the gaps. Very good info though

 

[postban]

tapped mine in with a hammer. Just leave the sleeve out, tap in the bushings, then put in the sleeve.

I guess you could chill them in the beer cooler while you are hogging out the stock bushings though :beer:

 

[badboy]

If they are too tight, they will eventually start binding up and cause squeeking and pogo sticking. I did the same freezer trick but later had to drop the IRS again and open up the bushings with the cylinder hone method to get adequate clearance and a smooth ride. A nice easy slip fit at room temperature is what's required.

 

[SciFiHiFi]

badboy can you elaborate on this 'cylinder hone method'. My bushings are causing me all sorts of ride/noise issues. I am not sure how to tell if they are installed correctly.

 

[postban]

If they are too tight, they will eventually start binding up and cause squeeking and pogo sticking. ...snip...

Yeah but..... you are talking delrin uca/lca bushings with the squeek right?

Thread starter is talking the non-rotating poly IRS subframe ones.

are we on the same page? :read: or am i

 

[badboy]

Yeah but..... you are talking delrin uca/lca bushings with the squeek right?

Thread starter is talking the non-rotating poly IRS subframe ones.

are we on the same page? :read: or am i

Yea, you're right. I need to read more carefully.