$peed])emon

i was trying to install rear shocks when the bottom strut bolt snapped off. i tried drilling out the bolt but i did a messy job and now my bushings are finished. Is there any way to buy new rear lower shock bushings and replace them or do i have to get a new rear knuckle? i tried to find some on google but cant....


please respond if you know what im talking about....

ps. my car us undrivable because the rear struts are off and nothing to hold up the car....

$peed])emon

i think i found the bushing i need....now i just need to get it pressed on....

732xghost

iTrader: (1)

yea you just answered your own question

i had to do the same thing cuz one of my bushings was cashed.

herbalist

those 10 year old bolts can be a bitch

$peed])emon

well anyways, here is a pic i took of the lovely work i did hahaha...





LOLOLOL....

now i have to wait until monday to enjoy my new drop....heres the front done....not as low as i thought it would be but its good. i used to be able to stick my fist in the wheel well, now its about 2 1/2 fingers.

732xghost

iTrader: (1)

wait till it settles bro, you'll nr satisfied. what are you dropped on anyways.

dope wheels to son

$peed])emon

hey 972xghost, when you replaced your rear strut bushings, did you do it your self? or have your shop do it? i wanna attempt it myself because i heard all you need is a bench vise and a torch.

im dropped on kyb agx (2 in the front and 4 in the back, but have yet to try it out) and neuspeed sport springs combo.

$peed])emon

Is the bushing that connects to the rear lower strut number #33??

rawbeanz

If you broke the bushing that the bottom of the strut attaches to, then bushing actually cant be bought...it comes machined into the knuckle. My bolts that hold the rear springs in at the bottom rusted onto that bushing, and I've been trying to find a way to get that out for about 4 months...Finally it came down to buying new knckles for both the right and left sides of my car...they costed about 250 dollars each...now i gotta get the installed too, because i dont knwo how to take off the hub of the brake...

$peed])emon

but there is a part number for that bushing. its number 33 on the diagram. why would they have a part number for that bushing?

rawbeanz, did u try to call the honda dealership and ask for that part? i have to wait until tomorrow to call...i hope i dont have to buy a whole knuckle for that one little thing....i think its about 30 bux a bushing....

i understand that you cant buy balljoints for the upper control arm ( which seems really dumb to me) but u can camber adjusting upper ball joints....so im pretty sure you can find a replacement bushing without buy a new knuckles..

Mulk

i have that bushing and i can sell it to you..pm me

rawbeanz

I went to the acura dealership twice...and the honda dealership twice...if its the bushing that I think it is...which is the one that the strut connects to the knuckle at the bottom of your rear suspension, then its machined into the knuckle and you cant buy that bushing alone. I think that number 33, is another bushing its one of the ones that connects one of the control arms that connect to your knuckle.

$peed])emon

sorry to burst your bubble but it is number #33. i went today to the honda dealership and bought 2 rear lower strut bushings for 40 bux. it is pressed on the knuckle but i got it out. i did everything in my driveway with no special tools (10 ton hydraulic press etc..). i also got the bushings it in too!!! i just finished installing everything!!!!

herbalist

pics?

<syphers>

the same thing happened to me when i installed my new suspension i snapped the bolt rite off i took the whole knuckle off and got the bushing pressed and a new one put in only cost me 45 per each side so about 90 altogether