Front control arm bushings short

[Len 911]

I have an 85 911 and order Elephant racing bushings. I do not have the originals..Are these the correct length? They do not go all the way through. They are shorter then the brackets.

[Jonny042]

They will elongate during the install process. When you order genuine Porsche bushings they look the same.

[Len 911]

Thank you..I went home found the original ones...they are the same length...

[Len 911]

All is good..just installed the Elephant Racing bushings went on great..

[Jonny042]

Good stuff!

Did you use their install tools?

[Len 911]

Yes ..very easy with the tool

[GG Allin]

Originally Posted by Len 911

Yes ..very easy with the tool

I suppose, but what clamp are people using?

I bought a 3/4" pipe clamp from Harbor Freight. Great tool for $12, but not up to the task of pressing in these bushings. I did one side last night, not doing the other side until I have something heavier duty.

Also, where are you guys getting your angles from to set the front and rear mounts?

[Len 911]

Put liquid soap on the bushings and use the bushing install tool from Elephant Racing. In the instructions it says the angles for the bushings. You can also look up the video on YouTube for clarification

[GG Allin]

Originally Posted by Len 911

Put liquid soap on the bushings and use the bushing install tool from Elephant Racing. In the instructions it says the angles for the bushings. You can also look up the video on YouTube for clarification

I used soap, I used the tools that came with the Elephant bushings. What I need is a bigger clamp.

The instructions on the Elephant website only show one set of angles. I'm wondering if there is anything out there that would account for various degrees of lowering.

[donagain1]

Originally Posted by GG Allin

I used soap, I used the tools that came with the Elephant bushings. What I need is a bigger clamp.

The instructions on the Elephant website only show one set of angles. I'm wondering if there is anything out there that would account for various degrees of lowering.

No need for clamps, search for the thread posted by "drola", he's got photos of using a threaded rod, and it works like a champ for not much money...
Don

[GG Allin]

Originally Posted by donagain1

No need for clamps, search for the thread posted by "drola", he's got photos of using a threaded rod, and it works like a champ for not much money...
Don

I've seen videos where people used threaded rods, problem is my control are are capped at the leading edge. I don't think the caps are removable. If they are, I'd rather not due to fresh powder coat, don't want to muck it up.

[Kraftwerk]

Large pipe clamp worked for me actually need a pretty specific size clamp, which really should be specified in the directions. Notice the Elephant video-instructions are super -old, but still, information does not get old but the clamp used is a super-enviable NLA piece. My clamp bent ( user error!) so
I ended up using 'the door way method':

[gtc]

I just used a dead blow hammer and gave the Elephant installation tools a few good whacks. Worked pretty easily. Probably not a method that is endorsed by Elephant, though.

[Kraftwerk]

This is what I call "The Door -Way Method" I used a jack (out of desperation) when all my clamps crapped out.. it works just as well, if not better ...and more people have access to a solid doorway and a scissors-jack than a huge bar-clamp, right?

[Kraftwerk]

Here you see a rather unhappy bar-clamp. It's the most easily-available-type of clamp that some might even have already in their tool-shop, here it is super-stressed. a Pipe clamp works much better, the kind which uses they type of pipe used for gas-line, but mine was not co-operating that day, so door way it was....

[GG Allin]

I just picked up a 1/2 inch (I hope that's thick enough) threaded rod, 3'. A bunch of washers and a couple nuts. I'm going to go this route for the other side. Hopefully it works. I also bought a 1/2 inch acorn nut to use to try and tap out the end cap without damaging it.

It does take a ridiculous amount of force to press these bushings in.

[GG Allin]

I'm starting to think that 1/2 rod is going to buckle. In Drola's thread he used 5/8. The hardware store I went to did not have 5/8.

[Len 911]

This is what I used and had no problems. Just pick up a piece of black pipe from home depot and return it when done..

[GG Allin]

The threaded rod is definitely the easier way to go.

[gomezoneill]

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

This is what I call "The Door -Way Method" I used a jack (out of desperation) when all my clamps crapped out.. it works just as well, if not better ...and more people have access to a solid doorway and a scissors-jack than a huge bar-clamp, right?

That's NYC thinking right there!