BudgetPhoenix
Autocross Champion
The one for the dogbone. Mine is totally shot and i'm getting terrible clunking sound on accel and decel. I ordered a new upper and lower for it. Has anyone had any success getting these in without a press?
I tried, but the new OEM style pucks (Rein) were slightly bigger than the ones that came out. This is likely due to age and being pressed in for 5+ years. Even with a press I gave up and just put in the Racingline poly upper/lower.
If it is slightly too big or too tight, you can sand or file some material around the edges.Damn I bought a rein upper and corteco lower (legit oem manufucter)
If it is slightly too big or too tight, you can sand or file some material around the edges.
Damn I bought a rein upper and corteco lower (legit oem manufucter)
Here's the official toolI remember All Data had a special VW tool/sleeve for installing replacement bushings. I'm sure I could have figured it out, but I wanted to upgrade.
I have done this about year ago on my CC (same stuff) in my garage without the press.
Removed old insert with chisel and dremmel cutting attachment.
I used dremmel again to smooth walls of the subframe.
I purchased rein upper and lower insert. They are bit wider so i used dremmel with sanding disc to shave down the whole circumfrance by 1-2mm.
I made a circle out of sheet metal which matched circumfrance of the insert. In addition, i drilled a hole through it so i could use old OEM bolt to hold both top + bottom + metal circle together.
Lube it all up.
Lastly used 4lb hammer to slowly and evenly push the new insert in. By push i mean hammering on the metal sheet circle.
Took good 2 hours just to push the insert into the subframe but I was happy since i did not have to remove the subframe.
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