Energy Suspension Bushing Install Guide! **Sticky ME!

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Kenrik
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Post in Progress.. check back later for more!

Sway Bar End Link

Purpose: Sway bar endlinks connect the ends of the sway bars to the struts.

Location: Attached to the swaybar and control arm.

Tools: 14mm Socket



Parts



Assembled



Install

Now do the other side!

Finished!

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Tension Rod

Purpose:

Location: Attached to the Control Arm and Powerbrace

Tools: 17mm Socket/Extension, Blow torch, Sawzaw, Hammer, Flathead Scredriver, File, and depending on the kit a press*

*press not required for the "new" 3pcs kit.





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Bushing Removal:

Step one: Set the ***** on Fire!

Step Two: Cut the inner metal ring (do not cut the outer metal) with a Sawzaw in about four places

Step Three: Pound the inner ring out with a hammer and flathead

Step Four: Smooth the inside with a file and install grease

Step Five: Install bushings and center copper piece



Hmm... Burning rubber! Smells like a drift event!







Assembled



Install:

Reverse of removal

Now do the other side!

Finished!

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Lower Control Arm

Purpose:

Location: Attached to the front support, wheel, and tension rod

Tools: 17mm Socket, C Clamp, Torch, Screwdriver, Soap

















Done! no press required!

Now do the other side!

Finished!

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Modified by Kenrik at 8:38 PM 8/8/2006
Modified by Kenrik at 8:40 PM 8/8/2006

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SeVa-S13
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Do a good write-up and it'll be an article, not a sticky. (There's too many as it is... )
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LOL start with the easy **** lazy ***!!, haha when this is finished
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Kenrik
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RB20DETodd wrote:LOL start with the easy **** lazy ***!!, haha when this is finished
I did the Tension Rods...
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wow neat

i might have to follow this.. ive been considering doing the same as you
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travisn
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haha the front is a cake walk... good luck with the rears...

notice how the fronts are all cut in half? and the rears are not? well it will make your life a million times easier if you cut the rears in half (put a hack saw in a vise upside down and saw the bushing over the saw, and number each half so they get put together as a pair, bc no one can cut them evenly in half)

yea yea yea if they were supposed to be cut they already would have, but omfg is it basically impossible to do it w/o halving them.

good luck
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This makes me want to get new bushings.
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nice sticky, I'm gonna have to do that too, pretty soon,Nice way of spicing up the pics with that exotic font , unlike all the other boring *** write-ups
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this is what smokey the bear told you *not* to do

note the dry brush, also known as 'kindling' overlapping onto the metal

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Kenrik
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tyrannix wrote: this is what smokey the bear told you *not* to do

note the dry brush, also known as 'kindling' overlapping onto the metal
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dry grass + fire
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sawsall = saws all, not sawzawbut good work kenrik!
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le_ryan
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+100 for the effort, but man, its kinda hard to tell whats going on if you've never worked on this area before...mabey alittle more detail..
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Kenrik
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vroom-chirp wrote:+100 for the effort, but man, its kinda hard to tell whats going on if you've never worked on this area before...mabey alittle more detail..
If you can't figure it out from the pics then you have no right working on a car...

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Kenrik wrote:If you can't figure it out from the pics then you have no right working on a car...
Right, cause the first time Mr Attention drifter whore touched a car, he knew everything about it anyways, like everyone else...making this write up pointless according to you...so you're just doing it for the custom title heh?

I suggest "LOOK AT ME!!" as your new title! Anyone with me?
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for the record Kenrik SUCKS at yahoo pool, anyway, nice writeup, im about to do the entire undercar bushings etc on my S13. should be a fun time!
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not a bad write up. i did it similar to that on my old civic. but i actually drilled the rubber out and cut the inner ring like you said.

and you're wrong about people not working on a car if they don't know where those parts are and how they work.

what kind of springs and shocks are you running with these bushings?

since the parts are coming out you may want to sandblast and repaint the pieces. looks brand new.
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gepeto wrote:
Right, cause the first time Mr Attention drifter whore touched a car, he knew everything about it anyways, like everyone else...making this write up pointless according to you...so you're just doing it for the custom title heh?

I suggest "LOOK AT ME!!" as your new title! Anyone with me?
Dude there are pictures! if you were to look at the picture then look at the car you would know exactly where everything is.. That's my point...

I'm doing the writeup because the ES instructions SUCK.
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steve s14
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good writeup. a word of warning though. if you use the urethane tension rod bushings for a prolonged period of time (a few years) it will eventually cause your lower control arms to crack and break where the 2 tension rod studs go through the lower control arm.i've had to replace control arms on a buddy's car because of it and they weren't cheap. well maybe junkyard ones would be cheap
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the fronts are easy, lmk how u will get the rear links bushings in without cutting them or taking it to a shop (too pricey)
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Kenrik
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Sl
vutony wrote:the fronts are easy, lmk how u will get the rear links bushings in without cutting them or taking it to a shop (too pricey)
sledge hammer? lol IDK I did the fronts, the rear is what's left.
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steve s14 wrote:good writeup. a word of warning though. if you use the urethane tension rod bushings for a prolonged period of time (a few years) it will eventually cause your lower control arms to crack and break where the 2 tension rod studs go through the lower control arm.i've had to replace control arms on a buddy's car because of it and they weren't cheap. well maybe junkyard ones would be cheap
They updated the bushing design since then.
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gepeto wrote:Right, cause the first time Mr Attention drifter whore touched a car, he knew everything about it anyways, like everyone else...making this write up pointless according to you...so you're just doing it for the custom title heh?

I suggest "LOOK AT ME!!" as your new title! Anyone with me?
agreed, but i will give him credit for the clear instructions, and his find with the rustoleum paint...whooo, oar!!
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Kenrik, thanks for the write up. If you do a write up replacing the entire set of those bushings... that will be awesome.

GL and good job.
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doesnt seem like you tried to put any time into the write up.

going to cover all sides?rear too?

little more detail and instructions would be appreciated,of course, most can find out by looking at the pics, as they're self explanatory, but what about the newbies?
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ILikeMy240sx do you work for toyota or what? (sig)
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Mr.Sandman
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hey dude, i was told to leave the inner ring on the tenison rod.Though from the way the new bushing looks and your description, i'm thinking he's wrong. I've already pressed out the rubber bushing, though i left the ring. i'm going to cut the ring tomorrow.
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Mr.Sandman
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Quick question, should i also cut the inner ring on the control arms and sway? By the looks of the new bushings, i should.
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Kenrik
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Mr.Sandman wrote:Quick question, should i also cut the inner ring on the control arms and sway? By the looks of the new bushings, i should.
The Lower control arm does not have a inner bushing...

BTW updated with LCA install.
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Mr.Sandman
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dude, i'm talking about the forward, upper control arm and such. (The Rear)look at the pictures.
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