BrotherSound

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I'm buying a new car in a few months, so this weekend was my weekend to remove my Tein SS, and replace it with my OEM suspension. it didn't go so well...

as you can see in the picture the bushing on my Tein SS is all screwed uP! somehow the bolt siezed to the bushing so when i was unscrewing the bolt it started twisting the bushing all out of shape. i sprayed the whole area with wd-40 but still no luck, the bushing just spins with the bolt!. i was afraid to unscrew it past the welded on nut to the right fearing i'd never get it back in, making my car undriveable. so I'm taking my car to the shop on tuesday asuming the bolt might need to be cut off. nevertheless the bushing is trashed and I'll probably have to send the shock to tein for a new one to get put in.

comments, suggestions..

MrWong

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wow that is wierd, has the car been driven through winter?

BrotherSound

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yeah they have one winter on them, they've been on my car for a little less than a year. the other side came off fine though.

robbclark1

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eh, **** happens to rubber. That is why poly is suggested. Did you take the top mount off first or are you trying to get off the bottom first?

BrotherSound

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that was the last bolt i had to remove all the other bolts & nuts we're loose. and honestly when my friend & I put the Teins on we greased up all those exterior bolts & nuts.. besides not like i had a choice on poly, tein ships them with rubbers. and would that make a difference anyhow because isn't the center of those bushings metal?..

either way it annoys me

SlammedBlueEM2

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Yes, the center of it is metal. It has to be.

I was told to prevent that from happening during install (for B+G S3 full coilovers), you tighten that bolt once the car is on the ground.

Some inlets like that seem to be made better. I believe B+Gs uses rubber. Hayame uses poly.

7thGENDMAN

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Thats the same thing that happened to my stock shock and I had to have the shop cut it out. Totally fried the bushing and lower half of the shock. Sorry bro, I know how you feel!!!

BrotherSound

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what kind of damage was done to the shock?.. i mean, i know the Bushing is trash. but I was hoping that i could just have a new Bushing pressed into the shock and be on my way..

BrotherSound

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arghh just got off the phone with the Mechanic, says he needs to cut the shock to get it out. so now I'll have a set of Tein's minus one rear shock. I called Tein to find out how much it would cost to replace it, they told me $230. this sucks!

7thGENDMAN

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yup, same thing mine had to do. See if he can just burn the rubber away and then he should be able to grab the metal inner bushing and hopefully get it apart. Sorry again.