punkindrublic

well i know i said i'd never change another bushing again but here i am with 2 gsr lca's and 3 shot bushings

its fun times all over again

punkindrublic

closer views of the action

imported_bevboyy

Mmmmmmm, the smell of burning rubber bushings and the sound of cussing... oh fun times

So are you going delrin now?

Brett

Going to come over for the torch? Maybe we could get your camera taking some better pics too

red90dx

where did those LCA's come from...???


drill out the rubber...

punkindrublic

they came from loudsubz



drilling out the rubber sucks... flame rules...

imported_Moe_Mentum

Since your doing this, you wouldn't mind writing up a step by step process for replacing these bushings would ya? I have to replace one on my car and I am really lost as to what the best way to do it is.

punkindrublic

heres the play by play...

product purchased from home depot retail $39.99 (came with one tank and nozzle thing) i paid $15 +tax


two action photos




bushings getting owned

punkindrublic

and the final product




still need to cut the sleeves out but not to bad for 20 mins of work

red90dx

good job

punkindrublic

heres the sleeves getting worked like little bitches


and done

punkindrublic

well i knew the day was going to well to be true... the gsr bushings are not the same size as my stock ones as i'd been told so another weekend till the sway bar gets in now boooo

imported_bevboyy

Yo - MAP gas rulez! It's even more potent when combined with oxygen! I use the cheap bernzomatic set up for all my brazing needs..

Pity about the GSR bushings.....you know - just plain damn luck...

punkindrublic

i know... this stupid sway bar costs more everytime i go play with it...

i was gonna buy the map/oxy welding thing they had at the depot... it retailed for like $68 i think... it'd be alright... it was weird using hte mapgas though cause i'm used to oxy-acetylene... which just melts everything... but it was fun times... i wanted to make some movies of stuff getting melted by the map but figured A) it would make a mess, B) i can't host them anywhere

imported_bevboyy

I hear ya Rick, whenever you start improvising with non standard parts - you're bound to spend $$$ that you didn't realize..

I have that $68 set up, was really handy when I had to cut off stuff at the wreckers...

punkindrublic

ya no kidding... i would love to buy that oxy-acetylene thing they had there but $499 i'm trying to convince my dad we "need" a real oxy fuel set up though... only like $170 a year to rent cylinders with one free fill on acetylene and oxygen... add another $100 for hoses and accessories

or if my dads work every buys a new tig machine i get the old one.. mmmmm the only real problem with it is it wont run high amperage anymore... but it'll still 150 amps which is more then enough for me... maybe i could try to weld some pops cans together again with it... since i can take a pic of it now

Nova_Dust

Bushing changing is one fun project, I enjoyed it.

punkindrublic

definately a fun project... the funny things is today i worked for about 2 hours... last time i did those it was like 8 hours of work

Nova_Dust

It will only get better the 2nd time you do it.

Blue Dream

nice job rick. how long to the sleeves take to get out??