URO Rubber Replacement Bushings, Front A Arm Bushings Options

[914Sixer]

I just watched a video on Youtube about these and bought a set from Drining Source on Ebay. Video shows no special tools needed. Heat bushings to 180 degrees in hot water, press on half way, lube bushing and arm with liquid soap and press on the rest with a shop press. Same installation for the rear.

Price $42.51 on sale and Free shipping Ebay # 380128874796

Listed under 911 parts, but works on 914 too.

Anybody tried these yet?

I am computer illiterate or I would post links. Video link is attached to the Ebay item number.

[MrKona]

I bought the URO bushings from Ebay and installed them on the a-arms last weekend. I was going to take pictures, but I would have needed a third hand. I happen to have the same Harbor Freight press that's used in the Youtube video so I used the same method as in the video.

In the video, the rep uses a flat piece of aluminum and round aluminum piece to push the bushing cover all the way onto the arm. I used a flat piece of aluminum and a 2 1/4" OD PVC pipe section. As you can see from looking at the arm, with the bushing cover assembly fully seated, the arm will slightly protrude, so you need to finish it off with a round PVC piece that mates to the cover.

In the video, he heats the bushing, pushes it half way into the cover, then uses soap to lubricate the ID of the bushing and arm. For the front end, I ended up heating the bushings, then using a little soap to slide it into the bushing cover, and then more soap to push the assembly onto the arm. I actually did this part by hand, easy. Perhaps the powder coated arm made it easier to slide.

The rear bushing was harder. I was really wishing for those Elephant racing tools. As shown in the video, I heated the bushing, pushed it half way into the bushing cover without soap. As in the video, I lubed up the bushing ID and arm, then with the press, started pushing the assembly onto the arm. This is a much tighter fit than the front bushing. So tight in fact that the cover started sliding over the bushing as I installed it (before the bushing was fully seated). I had to pull it off and start the process over again.

I realized that this is the reason for not lubing the bushing OD; you need friction to that the bushing cover doesn't start sliding over the bushing before the bushing is fully seated onto the arm. The other problem is that once the bushing is fully seated on the arm, the bushing cover, instead of sliding over it to complete the installation, causes the bushing to mushroom.

So what worked for me was hand installing the bushing dry about 3/4 of the way into the bushing cover, rather than 1/2 way, as recommended in the video. This gives the right balance of friction during the install, and the bushing is also installed enough of the way into the cover so that it won't mushroom after it's seated.

I assume these are the issues that the Elephant Racing tool, or the very clever PVC tool that Wes created will help avoid.