Steve Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 At the moment I have the rear subframe off of the car as I am replacing the bushes as the adjusters were seized solid, also found the top mount bushes were shot. Now while it is off I am thinking of replacing the rear diff rubbers (the 2 that seem to push into the subframe), am I right in saying that these just push in/out? Also was going to replace the diff ear mounts with some solid bushes (to try to solve some of the wheel hop I had). Has anybody got these fitted to their car? Any issues with them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 They are nightmare to get out and even worse to put in UNLESS you make a tool to do it. YOU MUST NOT NOT NOT just fit solid bushes to half of the diff mounts. All solid or all matching rubber ones. Half solid will put fearsome, possibly failure inducing, loads into the diff case and subframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thanks for the reply Chris. I would prefer to fit rubber bushes in the diff ear mounts but so far have not found anyone that makes them, Toyota don't sell them seperately. They only sell the complete diff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Don't SuperPro or someone do them? Couldn't they custom-make some, given the original parts to measure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 I think the SuperPro ones aren't a complete bush, it is just a bit that fits at the top of the existing bush just to stiffen it up a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H7ERO Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 http://www.polybush.co.uk/ they sell bushes separtly by dimension, when iv needed bushes iv looked up the closest thing here and used that they can also be machined (which iv done and can confirm (they lathe ok but do cut best with a sharp knife) for a satisfactory result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 If you are convinced the front bushes have deteriorated you could try solid mounting the whole diff. Not sure just how noisy this would be though. Anyone put solid metal mounts in able to comment? The subframe itself is bush mounted, so it might not be that intrusive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 At the risk of saying something unpopular, the US forums have a few threads on this - well worth a search. I seem to recall a few blokes back in Australia installing the solid earmounts, so I'll scratch around and see if I can find a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 They are nightmare to get out and even worse to put in UNLESS you make a tool to do it. YOU MUST NOT NOT NOT just fit solid bushes to half of the diff mounts. All solid or all matching rubber ones. Half solid will put fearsome, possibly failure inducing, loads into the diff case and subframe. I thought the same but this car only ever had half the diff bushes solid, the others were stock !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 If you are convinced the front bushes have deteriorated you could try solid mounting the whole diff. Not sure just how noisy this would be though. Anyone put solid metal mounts in able to comment? The subframe itself is bush mounted, so it might not be that intrusive? Best described as Kin noisy !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Lee Has just fitted titan solid mounts to mine, the front ones went in fine, he also got the rear ones out ok, when he went to fit the titan weld in mounts they was to small so he has made some better fitting ones, might be worth talking with him if you want some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Lee Has just fitted titan solid mounts to mine, the front ones went in fine, he also got the rear ones out ok, when he went to fit the titan weld in mounts they was to small so he has made some better fitting ones, might be worth talking with him if you want some. I think the idea is they are not a press fit as you weld em in, the fronts go in and bolt up then you put the rears in and bolt em to the diff then weld in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I think the idea is they are not a press fit as you weld em in, the fronts go in and bolt up then you put the rears in and bolt em to the diff then weld in place. Yeah but the gap was to big for welding according to Lee, over 3mm all round i think he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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