[s-cars] Subframe Bushing Replacement (fill 'em up to make themmore rigid? Yes/No)

[Cody Forbes]

James Murray (QB/EMC) wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback Brian, I have new stock bushings but wanted to
> know if I can fill up the gaps prior to installation and then still be
> able to do the installation... as it's a press fit. Mike said he was
> able to do it, but still his did not dry out completely prior to
> installation, so maybe that made a difference. I don't want to fill
> them up prior and find out I can't get them in after!

If they are like the 5k bushings (and most other ones that I've seen on 
other makes) they have an outer shell of metal or hard plastic that is 
molded into the rubber just under the outer surface. If you try to poke one 
with a pin or something you should find the metal shell. Filling the holes 
and gaps in the center of the bushing wont impede pressing them in since the 
tension comes from that ~1mm coating of rubber and the metal shell.

-Cody Forbes
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