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I noticed on my classic the rear subframe / crossmember mounting rubbers are well and truly fubard , so my question , can I remove the bolts , old rubbers with it still on the car , ie jack it up on stands , jack under diff , undo bolts , lower diff using the jack to lower the subframe and replace bushes with these
Just replaced mine with the same ones you found on ebay. Originals are cartridge type and required me to burn the rubber out before then hacksawing and chiseling out the remaining metal shell. New ones just get lubed and then pushed in easily by hand. I'm not saying it would be impossible to do in situ, just really, really difficult.
Ok cheers guys, mine are really brittle, cracked, 1 has even lost a complete circumference of rubber in my hand (hence knowing they need replacing ha ) im hoping they are that brittle i can brutally remove them with subframe still in place, ie, remove 4 bolts, jack supporting the diff and lower it all about 6" if possible to do the job.
cheers for input guys, is it easy to remove the subframe entirely or worth having a bash in situ 1st ?
make your own press to remove old ones in situ,
washer, long bolt and socket bigger then old bush, then press into old socket,
have a measure up, you may find a press thats about for other cars, I know the old Vectra B rear arm press works on a couple of subaru bushes, but not sure on the one in question.
hth
Right, ive removed the 4 bolts, they were in there well !
ive lowered the subframe so got plenty of room, i tried the method of some threaded bar, the bush moves a bit but then it locks up, im guessing the rubber is well and truelly glued in there.
so im off tomorrow to buy a camping gas canister and hopefully a flame nozzle to try and burn the rubber out, there isnt much room to burn the rubber out tho, i mean, the hole the rubber sits in is pretty tight !
Hmm, thats a thought, ive measured the metal pin, its about 24-25mm, locally i can only get a 25mm holesaw, id like 26mm but might be worth getting the 25mm holesaw, use the blowtorch to burn the rubber and then have a bash with holesaw if burning doesnt work
Hmm, thats a thought, ive measured the metal pin, its about 24-25mm, locally i can only get a 25mm holesaw, id like 26mm but might be worth getting the 25mm holesaw, use the blowtorch to burn the rubber and then have a bash with holesaw if burning doesnt work
At least its not raining ha ha
cheers
If you use the holesaw go as slow as you can to keep the heat down, to stop the rubber gripping.
Well i get the blow torch and it made light work of them, got a bit toastie near the fuel tank lol, had a piece of wood shielding it but still, was pretty warm under there !
But hey, all 4 old bushes out, new ones going in tomorrow, just hope they fit ha
Ah **** dont tell me that , I thought what was left was part of subframe , I'm guessing these are the outer shell ? How the heck do these come out , I don't have an air hacksaw !!
Ok bud cheers , I have a thick tipped chisel , I could use that to whack the lower part and see if crushes it , failing that buy a thin tipped chisel and tap under the washer area on top
Sheesh thought I'd got it ready to put new bushes in ha
Cheers guys , I intend to lower subframe , then fit a socket between subframe and chassis then jack back up to give clearance but also support the subframe from wobbling , wish me luck lads
Yeah , that's the next plan , hacksaw blade in between 2 bits of wood for a handle
Cheers bud
Mine was removed to do the job as was replacing everything at the time which made things easier!! The remaining outer shell has to be cut through to enable you to smash out from underneath. I actually fed a hacksaw blade through the mount then reattached the hacksaw handle to make it easier! You can also drive a screwdriver from above between the subframe and lip of outer shell to free it up a bit. I used the sti mounts from icp and they didn't just slide in...I tried then used my bros press. Those poly ones should be easier, just grease them up n try the homemade press
Well, that was a ball ache and 5 hours of my life gone, But, as mentioned, couldnt do the job on the car, it didnt help i didnt realise the sleeves were inside the part on the subframe, i thought the part on the subframe was the sleeve ha ha so that went well to start with !
Backbox off, trailing arms off, heat shield off, antiroll bar moved out the way, the list goes on ha
The subframe is removed, the sleevs are out ! Now to put it all back together ANOTHER DAY lol !
what a horrible job, not many bolts but sheesh, hard to get at, hard to undo, espeically when the car is on your drive way not on a ramp !
I did go overzelous and get too deep on one sleeve, hope it doesnt have an impact on the subframe ?
i noticed the trailing arm bushes arent the best but can i remove that long massive bolt, can i heck !!
Me again guys, ive fitted the new poly bushes but they seem a little odd, heres a piced, as they come in 2 halves, i put the longer half through the top and connected the other half underneath, but it leaves it like this
Do i trim the protruding bit off ?
Have i fitted them correctly, altho when i tried the reverse that didnt seem right either ???
03 September 2016, 09:21 PM
Replacing Rear Subframe rubber mounts
