[s-cars] Correct position for the "Diff front support bushing"?

[James Murray (QA/EMC)]

Oh lovely... Sounds like it's going to be a fun job... The thought of
trying to do that partly on my back doesn't sound appealing...Maybe I'll
opt to give someone else the grief of doing it ;-)  

One side seems to be okay, but the driver side is completely shot! so I
bought two new ones and I also bought two new control arm bushings to
boot...and all new bolts and nuts... Just in case! 

/Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Douglas [mailto:quattro20v at telus.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:12 PM
To: James Murray (QA/EMC)
Cc: Scar
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Correct position for the "Diff front support
bushing"?

James:

I'm going through an "extensive" suspension overhaul right now and I
seem to recall that the open space goes on the top / bottom. This is
outlined in Bentley, I can double check from home tonight.

BTW, the bushings are a b*tch to get out. You need a hydraulic press and
need to find the perfect size socket to push on the metal sleeve part
while supporting with a bigger socket from below. The facing side of
bracket is not perfectly flat / square making this operation more
difficult.

I got one out with a press, but the other side, I had to resort to
torching out the centre piece, and carefully cut through the metal
sleeve with a reciprocating saw. Then I punched it out with a large
brass punch.

Pressing the new bushings in was a challenge for the above noted reasons
and I finally got it to go after many attempts.

Sean

Quoting "James Murray (QA/EMC)" <james.murray at ericsson.com>:

> Hello, does anyone know what the proper position is for the "diff 
> front support bushing" Part # 443 505 145 A
> 
> Took a while to track down the "thud" when shifting gears coming from 
> the rear... I've discovered that the bushinging that secures the rear 
> diff is shot and almost metal on metal... The bushing resides in the 
> bracket that supports the front of the diff, the bushing is not solid,

> it is kinda H formed withing the metal circle.
> 
> What I'd like to know is the correct position of the bushing in 
> releation to the support bracket that it sits in, currently the space 
> is on top and on bottom while the rubber support is on the sides of 
> the bushing. Is this correct or should the rubber part be above and 
> below with the space on the sides?
> 
> Reason I ask is that the bolt has broken through the space (dislodged 
> from the rubber) and is now hitting the support bracket, I was 
> wondering had the bushing been positioned the other way would it have 
> prevented this happening... so should I replace same way or the other
way around.
> 
> Cheers, /Jamu.
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