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240 Torque rod bushings

Just did these today. The shop wanted $580 to do the job! I had no problems jacking up the rear end, up on jackstands, and in 20 min. I had the torque rods out. Pressing the bushings was a pain. I used a hydraulic press. Took me an hour. t's important to have just the right size plumbing parts to do the pressing with. Make sure to index the new bushings the same way the old ones were. I recommend just buying the ipd adjustable rods with bushings already installed. Save yourself the hassle.








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    240 Torque rod bushings

    Indeed.

    Did you replace with solid rubber bushes or go the (poly) urethane route?

    If solid rubber bushes, remember, you'll apply torque to the center bolt when the vehicle is on the a level surface, with empty boot and such.

    Like, as if, you took your fabulous 240 to the alignment shop for an alignment, and you ask the alignment technician to loosen and then re-torque the center bolt so the rubber bushing material is, in essence, relaxed, when the car is at resst.

    If poly or polyrethane bushes, use a synthetic silicon grease, like NLGI-2 SuperLube. Slather it up and press in the bushes. On the torque rods, a sleeve with mirror-smooth inside diameter is not necessary. These usually pivot around a smooth on both side center shaft, like the poly torque rod bushes at iPd, FCP Groton, and the offering from Whiteline bushings from Australia (now available in the U.S.)

    cheers,

    dud.







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