Replaced Bushings

[jonny985]

I replaced my LCA and panhard bushing with poly from Prothane and my tranny mount with 1LE.

It was quite a PITA to get those LCA bushings out, but I did.

They are great and I am very happy with my setup so far. They don't squeak and my rear is a hell of a lot more solid. I can finally powerslide around turns, its quite fun.

I also did the tranny mount, my stock one was busted and the new one was a huge improvement.

The LCA bushings were NOT trivial. I would only recommend changing the LCA bushings if you have some good mechanical know how and tools.

A poly torque arm bushing is going in as soon as I get some time.

[Dominic]

How difficult was it to change the trans mount?

I wish you luck with poly LCA bushings, I guess since the stock LCAs flex a little and can twist some it hopefully wont bind up too badly.

[jonny985]

The trans mount was incredibly easy, it only took about 30 min and that was with cleaning the support bracket.

This site has some great install guides http://www.installuniversity.com/

I was trying to solve a problem I had with the driveshaft hitting but even with the tranny lowered a good inch it is still hitting the tunnel.

Another note, since the mount did lower the tranny a bit, it also in effect lowered my 3"in pipes to the point where they were resting the chassis brace connecting the subframe. It sounded horrible when I ran the car.

I had to remove the brace temporarily until I can make some spacers out of some steel shim.