Great to know, and thanks for the quick response. The noise is driving me crazy.

 

havent been online in a few days....i ordered mine. i actually dont have any noises so i dunno if i will install them till needed but i will have them if i ever need them. seems alot of people are ordering them....he had 51 the first day i got his email and now he only has 34

thanks OP for the DIY

 

too late, i just bought all 34 of them.

 

PFFFTTT 32 of them left....

 

Ordered mine, just waiting for arrival.

 

when i got to his link it said sale has ended please send me the link soi can order a set

 

Try this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/120807451219...84.m1497.l2649

 

I just noticed this thread and think that this looks like the correct part for the camber bushing. When I was designing a replacement, I heard that the Atezza had a bushing that might work, and I found a Japanese part, but it wasn't quite right. This one looks spot-on.

Nice work Leon!

best,
dd

 

Thanks Dave .

 

Got mine today and they were signature required. Ordered on the 13th, just to give an idea on shipping time frame. Very quick in my opinion.

 

I would like to chime in my experience on this project.

I was getting clunking at low speeds.. I read the thread and ordered the bushing on eBay.

I got to working on it.. I have a 98 GS 300. There are 4 bolts on the said axle piece. It was UNNECESSARY to remove any of the bolts except for the one closest to the caliper/rotor assembly. It's 19mm on one side and bigger on the other. You take those out and the rotor assembly comes right up and ready for you to switch out the bushing.

It was counter productive to loosen some of those other bolts as they were rusted/seized in there pretty badly. It became just a difficult a job to either get that bolt out or get it back in... both of which proved very difficult. i ended up using the same tool to pull/push the bushing as I did to push the bolt back in place!!

Using a 32mm socket to push the bushing back in, I ripped the boot on one side. It appears auto zone sells replacement boots for ball joints.. I'll see what I can find. Otherwise, I'll wait and see and may have to change it out again.. maybe not. Time will tell.

The bushing wouldn't go in WITHOUT filing it down!

That's my experience.. hope it helps someone.

http://energysuspension.com/products...int-Boots.html

 

just curious..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/690-GS300-GS...4#ht_500wt_715

what the hell is that one for?

 

This question often comes up. This is NOT the correct bushing, this one is for the trailing arm (lower left corner), not the control arm (lower center). It goes into the red circled hole in the knuckle, but the one we are talking about here goes into the green circled hole.

 

That is a good point, I didn't even consider trying this because with my CA car, there was not a hint of rust and all the bolts came out easily, so it just seemed like an easy way to go. But you are right, if the bolts are rusted in place, and you can get the arm and the knuckle to separate enough to tdo the work without disconnecting the shock and the sway bar, then that's the way to go!

This is surprising - was there a rusted lip on the knuckle? Hopefully you are talking about filing just the leading edge to create a chamfer, not the entire surface area?

 

i ordered on 11/16 and i STILL dont have mine. they showing to be delivered on the 23rd but noone at work signed for them and i dont have them (i left work early that day for family thanksgiving). so now im arguing with dude trying to get another set or this resolved as i just want my bushings...he's been fairly polite about it all though i think he thinks im trying to pull a fast one on him. if anyone knows me im not like that, hell my feedback is impeccable and im DEF not gonna rip someone off for a piddly $100+ (course i dont care if it was $10k i still wouldn't rip someone off)

vince that is the same bushing as this one from carson

http://www.l-tunedparts.com/product/?id=3322

when i installed my FIGS Trac Links, i also installed this bushing since one of mine were bad.