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Bushings
The bushing are shot in my 4Runner and was wondering what solutions are there for replacing them are..How expensive is it to get a shop to do it? How easy is it to do at home?
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The bushings are the control arms and sway bar..Plus any others that are in the same category that should be replaced at the same time as the ones mentioned
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It's fairly straight forward. I have had to torch some of the old bushings out but other than that it's simple. Energy suspension makes a master kit to replace all the bushings. Thats probably the best choice.
http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/toyt2.html
http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/toyt2.html
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+1 on Energy Suspensions' stuff. I'm going to be doing mine soon (as soon as my rich uncle gets out of the poor house).
With 25+ years of deterioration on the control arm bushings the difference between worn out rubber and brand new urethane should be like night and day, or maybe a pillow and concrete, and should help the buggy track straight... probably straighter than it ever has. The only downside I can see would be the stiffer bushings in the suspension causing a little more 'jarring' ride. But heck, the thing already makes me want for better seats so when it comes around, I'll deal with it.
With 25+ years of deterioration on the control arm bushings the difference between worn out rubber and brand new urethane should be like night and day, or maybe a pillow and concrete, and should help the buggy track straight... probably straighter than it ever has. The only downside I can see would be the stiffer bushings in the suspension causing a little more 'jarring' ride. But heck, the thing already makes me want for better seats so when it comes around, I'll deal with it.
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I was very disappointed in the urethane bushings. I had the Energy stuff also. I would suggest going with the OEM. Mine were very squeaky and stiff. The problem I had with OEM at the time was
1) cost. They were alot more than the urethane replacements and the pricing was odd. Like 3 different prices for the four bushings. i.e. $12 each for the lowers and $28.75 each for the front uppers and $63.12 for the rear uppers.(or something like that, I'm just making those numbers up to give you the general idea, but 1 pair was a lot more than all the others)
2) I got different answers from different dealers. One would sell me the 8 bushings while another said they would sell me the lowers only while the uppers required purchase of 2 new UCA's.
Still in hindsight I wish I had looked into it more because the urethane was really crappy.
1) cost. They were alot more than the urethane replacements and the pricing was odd. Like 3 different prices for the four bushings. i.e. $12 each for the lowers and $28.75 each for the front uppers and $63.12 for the rear uppers.(or something like that, I'm just making those numbers up to give you the general idea, but 1 pair was a lot more than all the others)
2) I got different answers from different dealers. One would sell me the 8 bushings while another said they would sell me the lowers only while the uppers required purchase of 2 new UCA's.
Still in hindsight I wish I had looked into it more because the urethane was really crappy.
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Thats what you get with poly bushings. You can help quiet down a urethane safe grease.. but the stiffness will be there. It's not necessarily a bad thing though.
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