Bushes. What Needs Replaceing ?

[KnightRiderR33]

Hi guys ok. my r33 gtst s1 is feeling rattley and verry uneasy to drive i think the bushes are showing there age so i think its time to start replacing.

What i would like to know. Is which bushe/bushes are the most common to go that way ill get them first. the biggest uneasy thing ive noticed is i can feeleverypothole through the stearing wheel and i can feel little jerks as im driving and its getting anoying i have about 1 week till i take holidays through work so id like a list of all the bushes i would need so i can grab the parts through the week and work on the car on my time off.. Thanks

[89CAL]

Best thing to do is just jump under your car and look at what looks a bit suspect

hard to say what you should replace without knowing what is actually worn. Other then saying replace them all.

I've only had to change my front sway bar D-bushes in the front end of my 33. Have you still got standard suspension? Might have something to do with it also

Jump under and see what bushes look worn

[Ty1]

hey mate, i've replaced pretty much every bush in the front end as I was getting knocking noises and I wanted to freshen up the steering since the 33's are getting on a bit. Here's a list of what i replaced: lower control arm ball joints, lower control arm bushes, tie rod ends, upper inner and outer control arm bushes (camber adjustable), swaybar endlinks, swaybar d link bushes, bc-br coilovers and hardrace castor/tension rods or you can just replace the castor rod bush if you don't want to replace the whole arm. I ended up replacing all bushes with superpro and cost roughly $350 from memory and about $100 for tie rod ends and ball joints. To get the old bushes out I recommend taking it to a mechanic to get the old bushes pressed out and the new ones pressed in. I took the control arms off myself to save some money. F*ck me was it worth it though lol. now on to the rear end bushes

[34GeeTeeTee]

Assuming you did the inner rack ends as well?

I have those solid caster arms on at the moment but haven't adjusted them properly, they are at Mac caster and it follows every groove in the road, it's not overly nice....

[KnightRiderR33]

Thanks guys for the input i appreciate it all ive had a gander at some of the bushes and they look really weathered cracked and looking really dry so id say the lot needs doing the only suspension work done to the car is a set of extremly stiff tien d10s the car bounces a hell of alot im not worried about it bouncing im more worried about the knocking the car doesnt feel sexy to drive anymore.. I just wanted a run through of the suspension because im currently doing an engine swap for another rb25det from a wreckers as the cureent one fitted seems to have a worn out big end bearing causing knocking on start up so to keep my mind at ease ill be putting another second hand unit in it whilst i rebuild the other one.. the car is my daily driver yeah its not the best looking 33 it doesnt have the best paint job and everyone tells me to sell it but i just can not spend a day with out driving her so yep engine swap in 2 weeks then focusing on suspension.. once again guys thanks =D