Anyone else have experience with them installed? I installed them today however I think I need to do an alignment before I comment on anything

 

Yes. I put them in when I put in the OS Giken LSD. Got rid of my wheel hop completely.

 

Do these have to be pressed in?

 

I found this here...

http://figsengineering.blogspot.ca/2...ff-pinion.html

 

Read the directions for the two ways of removing the bushings in a tightly confined space.

There is another way that I've used on other bushings of this design. Use a three inch long hole saw that is slightly smaller than the diameter of the rubber bushing. remove the rubber after running the hole saw through the sleeve. There is now enough room to cut the remaining metal sleeve or just score it so it can be collapsed. Not to bad.

By the way these Figs bushings are a great way to stabilize your differential and will save your u-joints and gears. I don't see any reason to realign the rear unless you are curious. Most other IRS rear suspensions require the same bushings for stability.

Loren

 

It's pretty simple with an air chisel when you have the diff out. Not sure it would be a lot of fun with the diff still in the car. The curse jar would be weighing heavy after a job like that.

 

Yes replacing the bushings with an air chisel took all but 5 mins. Versus the 45 minutes it took to deform one of the sleeves with hand tools. I have both bushings offered by figs and am very happy with the outcome, wheel hop is virtually gone just mash and now it just goes. Definitely worth the investment, I paired this up with the oem Torsen diff.