RedPhoenix

iTrader: (10)

You know when you drive and you hit small bumps or the lines in the road etc.. the steering wheel moves? Mine seems to move a lot. Could be because of the stock bushings?

Matt

DKNY0331

metal bushings.. i bought a pair of bushings months ago on ebay for $40 but they had a plastic center bushing and polyuthrene bushings on the ouside..kinda feel like i got the worse hand, since these form that link cost the same amount, well atleast so far mine have held up good.

DKNY0331

If theres a lot of play where you wiggle a little the steering wheel and the tires dont move, id check for tie rods and the coupler on the steering shaft, but i beleive i recall when my rack and pinion bushings were shot i felt a looseness in the steering wheel as well, like i would have to turn like 45 degrees to either side before the car actually turned.... if you have a oil pan leak and exspecially power steering leak and it drips on the bushings it will swell up the bushings and deterioate. Id fix the leak before changing them.

TheMole

iTrader: (13)

Yes your stock bushings could be worn. The urethane ones may help. Also look into the front lca bushings if you haven't changed them out already.

RedPhoenix

iTrader: (10)

LCA could be part of it. The problem was deal-able (if thats a word) with my stock wheels, but now that I have larger wheels (heavier) the problem is worse.

It could be time for LCA, Rack, and alignment!

TheMole

iTrader: (13)

I had the rack bushings replaced with Daizens almost a yr ago. Recently had my front lca's replaced with supra ones and got a good alignment. My previous off-center steering wheel is now center and my sloppy front-end is gone.

FormosaSC

ok ill try this

RyanV

iTrader: (9)

Thanks for this info, and the pics!

This is a 30-40 min job now that I know how to do it.

These bushings made a huge difference for me. Best money spent yet on the car.

My front driver side bushings were hammered, completely disintegrated.

D1GP

Bump for anyone that wants to change out your steering rack bushings

btw..they are not greasy anymore. I cleaned it up

mteele

iTrader: (5)

They are on national backorder, FYI

trancuongv

iTrader: (3)

todd said he have some. i called last week.

breakb

iTrader: (2)

dang i'mma need alignement after that? shiet. lol. no money. T_T haha. but when i get this it's gonna be so worth it.

Peace out

SH_JZZ30

iTrader: (1)

I just got mine yesterday from TM engineering. I purchased them since february but I didnt get them. I thought because they were on backorder. So I emailed them and they said it fell out of their system. And I got them about a week after.

I installed them today. It actually took about 15-20 minutes. I spent another 15 minutes just to clean up the dirt and other crap under the car. I couldn't believe how easy it was once I took off the undercover.

Car feels great. Thanks for this guide. Now I want to do supra TT sway bars.

Touge

iTrader: (4)

Recently did this mod too, but didn't notice any real change. Could be b/c my stock bushings looked like new when I removed them.

2.5tsoarer

iTrader: (3)

great thread, are these still on back order ?