suspension probs... what should I do?
10-31-2003, 02:10 PM
#11
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Re:suspension probs... what should I do?
OEM honda bushings cost a damn Mint (30+ a piece for a single bushing)
That mechanic is saying you need the whole arm because the only honda part number for the arm bushing is w/ the arm attached.
I have been driving around for about a week in my Energy Bushings, and I will NEVER go back to stock. The stock bushings really limited the travel in the suspension arms. When I installed the poly bushings, the arms just drop on their own weight, since the older bushings just held them up. The bushings take out ALL slop in the suspension, with them in NOTHING moves or shakes in a way its not meant to.
Since the down travel in the shocks are GREATLY increased the ride over very rough terrain is actually improved. I can hit a speed bump at speed and my car will level it self off and suck it up.
As for that website link, If you look at those damn arms, looks a lot like a Utah car, because the arms are very corroded (Utah and a few other states use salt on the roads, salt greatly increases corosion in steel exponentially) it looks like the bushings just agravated his corosion problems. If you stuck a finger in those joints on that car they would probably feel like sand paper from rust. Probaly wore down the bushings, since they actually are made to rotate in the arms... so they essential were ground down by the arms
That mechanic is saying you need the whole arm because the only honda part number for the arm bushing is w/ the arm attached.
I have been driving around for about a week in my Energy Bushings, and I will NEVER go back to stock. The stock bushings really limited the travel in the suspension arms. When I installed the poly bushings, the arms just drop on their own weight, since the older bushings just held them up. The bushings take out ALL slop in the suspension, with them in NOTHING moves or shakes in a way its not meant to.
Since the down travel in the shocks are GREATLY increased the ride over very rough terrain is actually improved. I can hit a speed bump at speed and my car will level it self off and suck it up.
As for that website link, If you look at those damn arms, looks a lot like a Utah car, because the arms are very corroded (Utah and a few other states use salt on the roads, salt greatly increases corosion in steel exponentially) it looks like the bushings just agravated his corosion problems. If you stuck a finger in those joints on that car they would probably feel like sand paper from rust. Probaly wore down the bushings, since they actually are made to rotate in the arms... so they essential were ground down by the arms
10-31-2003, 11:08 PM
#12
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Re:suspension probs... what should I do?
Push in by hand? I put in ES trailing arm bushings in my EF because they were gone and I had to do it with a hm press ie. big bolt and big washers. I just cut out the old ----, and pushed in the new, without even removing the arms. They are nice and only like 25 bucks from summit, just get those. Took like 1 and a half hours. Get the black ones too, they won't squeak. Black=graphite inside.
11-01-2003, 01:34 PM
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Re:suspension probs... what should I do?
yeah I went to the Honda dealer and they can get me some bushings for replacement, but I'm not sure if I wanna go OEM after hearing you guys. What part should I be looking for if I get those ones from Summit?
11-10-2003, 02:20 PM
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Re:suspension probs... what should I do?
Originally Posted by projekteg
he's right, you don't need new trailing arms, your mechanic is trying to rape you. you could get a whole energy suspension kit for under 140 bucks and replace every single bushing in your car, it's a pain in the *** though! one shop was going to install all of them for me for 100 bucks, so that would be 240, still cheaper than one trailing arm, and you're replacing all your bushings.....
where do you live? some one tried to tell me 300 to put in the whole kit there still sitting in my trunk and after reading this post i dont think im gonna bother doing that ---- myself
11-12-2003, 04:54 AM
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Re:suspension probs... what should I do?
my 92 hb has the polys I LOVE EM Like i care about a flippen sqeek. Thats such a lame excuse anyways. Its nothing to put these things in just a little time and elbo grease. Hate to seem like I am on a band wagon here but just call summit. Christ I live 15 flippen mins from summit I go there once a week 
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