Hacksaw worked best for me. Tap a small screw driver in there once you've cut it and it should roll right out or should I say in and out. I had no marring of the aluminum by doing this so it works.
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I'm replacing all the rear suspension bushings on my '96 CE with poly bushings. After pulling the batwing mount bushings I noticed what apprears to be a metal ring pressed into the hole that holds the bushing and the new bushing will not fit the opening. Is this metal in fact an insert that has to be removed? How should it be removed?
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You need to remove it. Probably the best way is to get a triangular file or install a hacksaw inside the hole and carefully cut through the sleeve lengthwise. Remember, it's aluminum and so is the batwing. If you nick the batwing, just file it smooth, no biggie.
I tried cutting the end of the sleeve and folding tabs in, then pressing it out, but that was a bitch.
I tried cutting the end of the sleeve and folding tabs in, then pressing it out, but that was a bitch.
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Very good folks to deal with and shipping was plenty fast for me.
Very good folks to deal with and shipping was plenty fast for me.
I already have an Energy Suspension Master Kit to install but I don't think it has everything needed to do the whole car. I installed a similar kit on my Trans Am and that had mst of the bushings not all. I wish they would include a list of what is and is not included.
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Originally Posted by BlackRoseLT1
Thanks I already have an Energy Suspension Master Kit to install but I don't think it has everything needed to do the whole car. I installed a similar kit on my Trans Am and that had mst of the bushings not all. I wish they would include a list of what is and is not included.
I already have an Energy Suspension Master Kit to install but I don't think it has everything needed to do the whole car. I installed a similar kit on my Trans Am and that had mst of the bushings not all. I wish they would include a list of what is and is not included.Corvette Stories
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Diff Bushings on '96 CE
The only bushings I really have had a problem with are the sway bar link bushings: all the others are installed. The Prothane bushings for the link are not "split" like all the others were. How will it ever fit the holes in the link and the sway bar? Am I supposed to split it myself?
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Originally Posted by patdaddy
The only bushings I really have had a problem with are the sway bar link bushings: all the others are installed. The Prothane bushings for the link are not "split" like all the others were. How will it ever fit the holes in the link and the sway bar? Am I supposed to split it myself?
Just split it on the side, not the end where it gets loaded up.