Need help carrier bushing install
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Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: The Pines South Jersey
Need help carrier bushing install
I am in the process of pressing in the poly's and the parts list states "Must remove factory shell before install"
The batwing looks to have a sleeve pressed in, see the pic 1
it looks like it could have been machined or pressed
In pic 2 the other side of what I believe is the pressed in sleeve.
Is this what Energy Suspension is referring too that needs to be removed?
Have you installed polys on your carrier?
TIA
The batwing looks to have a sleeve pressed in, see the pic 1
it looks like it could have been machined or pressed
In pic 2 the other side of what I believe is the pressed in sleeve.
Is this what Energy Suspension is referring too that needs to be removed?
Have you installed polys on your carrier?
TIA
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: MD
That is in fact the "shell" that you need to remove. For mine I used a hacksaw. I put the blade inside the shell and re-tightened it on the saw. I then carefully cut through it on two opposite sides and popped each side out with a screwdriver. I just went through this like 3 months ago. After the sleeve is out the new bushings slide in easily. Remember to grease the heck out of every bushing. The little tube of lube they give you is a joke. I went through half a stick of waterproof wheelbearing grease on my bushing kit.
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Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: The Pines South Jersey
Thanks - that is what I was thinking of doing with the saw.
my master kit they sent me, each package of bushings has a little tube of grease in it - even though the parts list said 2-tubs
my master kit they sent me, each package of bushings has a little tube of grease in it - even though the parts list said 2-tubs
After you're all done, you can come do mine 
