trojanman

Thanks much to Chris and Robin... they installed new bushings over the weekend and the transformation is VERY noticeable.

No more wobble, much more stable. Over the past few months, I thought I was having a tire problem and had the fronts rebalanced twice to no avail. Figured it had to be the bushings, and sho nuff I was right!

Cougar's about to roll over 180k miles and she rides like a dream!

Benton

Nice! I just ordered mine today and will be installing them next week.

993_Pilot

This is on my "to do" list.

Bradford

Do you have the DIY on this? Like to see what I'm getting into first. Thanks

logan2z

I noticed a similar improvement when I replaced the front bushings in my car. The improvement was not subtle. Truth be told, I went with the 993 bushings from Elephant Racing on the recommendation of my mechanic, but I'm sure Chris's bushings would have had a similarly positive effect.

MarkD

If Chris doesn't catch this thread I can email it to you.

They can also be done with an exchange set of control arms, bushings already installed.
Makes it less of a hassle.

chris walrod

Thanks for the kind words!!

Yes, many 964/993 suffer from random wobbles that these bushings typically cure. We did a 15k mile 993 that had failed std bushings. Its an age thing not so much mileage.

Scott, send me an email at cwalrod@sbcglobal.net and I will email you the diy.

swmic

Mine are on the way, can't wait to get them in.

matt777

I found that they made a difference even though I replaced perfectly good factory bushings. I would recommend the exchange arms for anyone not interested in doing some dirty grunt work. Removing the metal sleeves is a pain.

chris walrod

I would agree, especially without the use of a press.

With the press tools I've made and 6-10 tons of force, they slide out in seconds. I know this will irritate those who have done this via hacksaw blade and chisel/punch. I know it did **** me off after doing many many of these the hard way

Control arms from West coast cars take about 6 tons, East coast control arms 8-10 tons -- I kid you not.

mongrelcat

+1 on the Walrod bushings. Quality. (Chris, you need to make more parts for our cars!)

ABCar

You mean I could have swapped out my control arms and gotten a replacement set with your bushings installed???!!! After spending the last 3 days wrestling with mine, I would definetly receommend getting them already installed. BTW, I have a midwest car Chris...Im sure mine would have taken about 100 tons of force for your press to extract those mothers! Corrosion Plus!

There is no great honor in having done this job myself...It is just alot of hammering, sawing and wrestling.

cabrio993

Interesting...why do you think is like that? More temp changes and the oem rubber hardens more on east coast cars?

Chris, please e-mail me the DIY as well when you get a chance.

chris walrod

Sure thing, what is your email address?

Robin is now hosting the DIY on p-car.com

The press force needed is due to the amount of corrosion between the steel sleeeve and the control arm casting. Amazing!

ABCar

Yeah, just ask me about corrosion ^^^^^^