What Are These Called.

[Plattsy]

gents,

i have an r33 with hicas, now where the hicas connects to the rear wheels, i need to replace the bushes.

what are the specific name of those god damn bushes.

and before anyone says it how can i search if i dont know the name.

[blonk20]

http://justjap.com/s...e=search&page=1 believe this is what your after Edited August 31, 2012 by blonk20

[Plattsy]

THAT JUST BROUGHT UP A LIST OF EVERYTHING DUDE....

[GTSBoy]

Ahhh.....HICAS connects to the rear hubs with the usual parts that any steering system connects with. That being tie rods and tie rod ends.

[Plattsy]

thats the bas*ard. can never remember any names! so rear tie rod end bushes. bang. im off to buy some!

[Plattsy]

infact wont these be ball joints.

son of a bitch! i need a hicas lock bar tomorrow!

[GTSBoy]

Well, the moveable part of a tie rod end is a ball joint of sorts.

[34GeeTeeTee]

Yeah but the actual HICAS tie rod ends dont have the ball joint/bush part on them.... That part is actually pressed into the hubs (fkn pain in the ass to do too!)

[GTSBoy]

Yuh. Non-HICAS subframe transplant all the way!!!

[Plattsy]

well thats poop.

how you get em out then? brute force?

[34GeeTeeTee]

well thats poop.

how you get em out then? brute force?

Press.... So yes, brute force

i am sure we are talking about the same part.... Lemme try find a pic of mine....

[Plattsy]

ill dig the report out when i get home, im doing a brake clean/rebuild and hopefully a hicas bar this weekend, (if anyone in melbourne has one i can buy!) so was planning to do that as well! it was a pedders bloke im sure he said bushes had gone on hicas.

[34GeeTeeTee]

Oh well he might mean the HICAS unit itself, if so lock that shit up!

This is what i thought you meant -

[Plattsy]

i believe so brother!

[Plattsy]

ill find the report and some one can translate it for me.

engines + me =

anything suspension/steering + me =

[Duncan]

3 pieces to worry about there...inner tie rod end (where there is a big nylon bush that wears), outer tie rod end (cast and lasts pretty well) and the ball joint in the hub (a bastard to remove, and hard or impossible to find aftermarket

[34GeeTeeTee]

Yeah I think it was around $70 of something stupid... If you have extra time try source through somewhere like Amayama.com to see if you can save some $$

[WMDC35]

SAS (suspension autoparts specialists) in NZ has those ball joints, 2 different sizes apparently, as above good time for full non hicas rear

Edited September 1, 2012 by WMDC35

[Plattsy]

All right this is what it says, (the report)

Rear rack ends and outer tie Rod bushes have movement.

Anyone wanna do me a pic of which bits they mean?

[WMDC35]

the otr tie rod bushes would be the ones in the above pic, fairly common to fail, the rear rack ends would be at the other end of the rod inside the boots you can see behind the sub frame