Subframe help

323ian · #1 07-10-2007, 22:30

Can anyone help please,
I noticed there was a bit of play in the rear subframe of our S12 so i took off the caps and noticed that the rear subframe bushes have turned into dust!!!

They need replacing but please dont tell me i have to remove the whole of the rear subframe and get them into a press do I??
Can they be replaced with the subframe still on the car?
Thanks,
Ian.

30psi · #2 07-10-2007, 22:47

Might be hard to get in there thats the only issue. I managed to fit solid ali ones in place on the car.

323ian · #3 07-10-2007, 22:48

Do they have to be pressed in mate?

30psi · #4 07-10-2007, 22:50

Typically yeah but I reckon they could be walloped in to place. Thats how I did mine

323ian · #5 07-10-2007, 22:51

How did you get in there though, drop the subframe right down low?

30psi · #6 07-10-2007, 22:53

Yeah

323ian · #7 07-10-2007, 22:56

Thanks for your help then mate, sorry for all the questions but how did you get the old bushes out with the frame like that?

30psi · #8 07-10-2007, 23:01

Well I got the centre out quite easily and then used a hacksaw, hammer and some screwdrivers to butcher the outer sleeve

sideways danny · #9 08-10-2007, 00:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by 30psi

Yeah

wooo I made that

323ian · #10 08-10-2007, 19:13

Think i will have to have a go this way first before i pull the whole of the subframe out. Just think that they new ones will take a press to push them in though, those alloy ones may have been slightly smaller than the stock ones.