End link bushing problem...

My5ABaby · 07-03-2008, 07:56 PM

I put in some of my end link bushings and ran into a problem (shock...). When I press the sleeve in it makes the polyurethane part pop out the side. I tried holding it in my press for about an hour and it still popped back out when I let it go.

Below is a picture of what's going on. It's the same end link in both pictures, just flipped around.

The top one shows the side view of how it looks with no metal sleeve pressed in (how I would assume it should look).

The bottom one shows the side view of how it looks with the metal sleeve pressed in and the bushing popping out.

Is this fine to leave like that? Any way of fixing this?

classicauto · 07-04-2008, 09:32 AM

Yeah I ran into that also. I took the left side one and ground the outer part of the bushings down a tad so they'd stay in. But on the right side I got lazy and just crammed them into the bracket. But the right side wasn't too bad (similar to your pic) the left side wouldn't actually stay anywhere NEAR in. It stuck 1/2 out on either end.

I'd just muscle them into the brackets and tighten them up.

My5ABaby · 07-04-2008, 11:04 AM

Alright. I think I'm just going to leave it be. The ones I took out looked worse than that. They were sticking out just a bit and in there crooked. The whole bushing arrangement was crooked about ~15 to 20 degrees.

07-04-2008, 11:04 AM	#3
My5ABaby Sigh..... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 2,377 Rep Power: 20	Alright. I think I'm just going to leave it be. The ones I took out looked worse than that. They were sticking out just a bit and in there crooked. The whole bushing arrangement was crooked about ~15 to 20 degrees. __________________ 1986 Sport: 132k miles, 5A (Sapphire Blue Metallic), Tokico Blues, Racing Beat Springs, Custom LED tailights (only S4 LED tails in the world), SSR Mark II, Racing Beat exhaust, S5 black interior, Rotary Resurrection rebuild at 120k miles Community Service Manual RotorWiki "Imagination costs nothing; we could build square locomotives or fly to Mars" - Felix Wankel Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present."

07-04-2008, 09:32 AM	#2
classicauto crash auto?fix auto Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 816 Rep Power: 18	Yeah I ran into that also. I took the left side one and ground the outer part of the bushings down a tad so they'd stay in. But on the right side I got lazy and just crammed them into the bracket. But the right side wasn't too bad (similar to your pic) the left side wouldn't actually stay anywhere NEAR in. It stuck 1/2 out on either end. I'd just muscle them into the brackets and tighten them up.