[urq] Ur-quattro rear subframe bushes

[Todd Phenneger]

Agreed,
  I used the same procedure but damaged one trying to get it in.
 So I put the rest of them in the Freezer and resumed the next
morning.  Frozen the busings just pushed right in with the press
with NO complaints.  Very easy and quick compared to doing it
with unfrozen bushings.  
l8r
  Todd

--- Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
> I recently did my front subframe bushings (same as rear I'm
> assuming) with
> help of other listers.  We used a press (20-ton?) to push the
> old ones out,
> new ones in.  No piston ring compressor type contraption
> needed, although I
> can see how that could be helpful.  I believe we just lubed
> them up a little
> bit, and a few times they'd slip and not go in straight. 
> After a few
> attempts they went in straight.
> 
> All in all, it was the press that mde the job totally do-able,
> IMO.
> 
> Brandon
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:47 AM
> Subject: [urq] Ur-quattro rear subframe bushes
> 
> 
> > Odd-looking things - looks like they need some kind of
> compressor (like a
> piston ring
> > compressor) to get them in.
> >
> > Any experience?
> >
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