Rear bushes

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Shogun
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How to change rear subframe bushes?200sx


drjohn
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They are trickey and can be done in the vehicle. It takes alittle fore thought and so special tool making. You can cut the old one out by removing the rubber internals if not already gone, and use a hacksaw blade to cut just the bushing sleave shell and collapse the sleave in. Installation takes the tool making.You can use 2 thick plates on the bushing large end and across the top of the subframe.Find a bolt and nut that go through the bushing and coat the outside of the bushing with anti-seize.Put the bushing in to the hole and a plate on each side with holes drilled through centers of plates and press the bushing in by tightening the bolt and nut. Or just take it to a shop, a lift will be quite useful for this job.


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