Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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02/15/09 05:08 PM
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IIRC when i did this i put the bushing on the rear side of the hole and used the OEM washers and nuts for the strut rods, and just tightened them up, and it formed right into the proper shape. They do work. The poly bushings are different though.
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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YES the top bushings are what i have NOW how do you install????
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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02/15/09 09:10 PM
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RapidRobert, It looks like they install from the front and then you insert the metal spacer tube. Is that correct?
Snoop I have had these sitting around for so long that I forgot exactly what app I bought them for but I am only into A bodies & I remember when I got the (2) top ones that I thought these cant be right. but yes as you said I would be inclined to think that they go in from the front.EDIT the top(2) have "7027" on them, no brand name & I never did use them.
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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No just the rubber bushings no sleeves
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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02/16/09 09:27 AM
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I changed mine on a 68 Dart that I used a 73 sb k frame in I took a screw driver to the new rubber bushing and worked it the hole in the frame then slid the strutrod in it with the old washer on the back then clamped it down on the front of strutrod with the other washer think I used alittle wd40 also might put it on the rod and see if you can pull it through as you tighten it down with the washer on the Strutrod napa said that bushing was an updated deal and would not use the metal sleeve,made to be more easy to install wasnt that bad IIRC,it has been a while just go slow with the screwdriver and you gotta collapes the rubber and work it into the hole on the frame..sorta like working a groumet into something should have a groove for the frame to sit in when it is installed,so it got a bushing on both sides of the frame to hold itself kinda centerd then the washers compress from both side on the rod,I tighten mine till I had no more thred on the bar and it was right on the $ for alinment before alinement one wheel was a 1/2" futher back on one side with a bad bushing thats how I did it any ways
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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My strut rods where in the car already so it is tight to get the bushing in--I do not know how to take the strut rod out
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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02/16/09 08:55 PM
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SportF, the small tapered end(R hand end in my pic) goes in (from the front)toward the rear? I gotta put em to use.
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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THAT REALLY HELPS BIG TIME--THAT MAKES SENSE so how far or what torque do the nuts go-Thanks Steve
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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All I got was this car in box's the strut rods where in already no cupped washers at all,Can I get them some where??Steve
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Re: Strut bushings --HELP --I have no idea what i'm doing
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02/17/09 10:19 AM
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Thanks Bro. Now I can actually do something with them. RR
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