I'm very happy with my new Elephant Racing Front Rubber Bushings :)

[Tidybuoy]

I've been struggling with my front end for a while. I've gotten advice from many local 911 friends and most everybody told me that that's how a 911 is - bouncy.

I could accept some bounce but not to the point that my man-boobs hurt when driving on the freeway. And I sure could not accept that the 911 handles speed far worse than my 944 which drives great.

I installed Weltmeister Poly bushings and the car drove great for about a week. unfortunately, I used the wrong grease (wheel bearing grease) and that quickly dried up. After many posts on Pelican and reading other peoples experiences, I bought a set of ER Rubber A-Arm busings and installed them last weekend - following the ER video and directions to a T.

Wow! The car rides great. I'm even able to firm up the Koni's without causing the car to hop all over the place. Previously, I had the Koni's on full soft and that helped but I knew it still wasn't right.

Tonight I went for a joy ride and it was truely joyful. I drove all over this town tall my favorite freeway on/offramps and thru some foothill curvy roads. It was a pleasure all the way. I'm sure I wasted at least 10ish gallons of gas.

Anyway, thanks to all who have posted - I think I read them all and absorbed most.

Vern

[Hydrocket]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

I could accept some bounce but not to the point that my man-boobs hurt when driving on the freeway. And I sure could not accept that the 911 handles speed far worse than my 944 which drives great.


Vern

I laughed my beverage out of my nose.

Thanks for that.....

[ybn533]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

I've been struggling with my front end for a while. I've gotten advice from many local 911 friends and most everybody told me that that's how a 911 is - bouncy.

I could accept some bounce but not to the point that my man-boobs hurt when driving on the freeway. And I sure could not accept that the 911 handles speed far worse than my 944 which drives great.

I installed Weltmeister Poly bushings and the car drove great for about a week. unfortunately, I used the wrong grease (wheel bearing grease) and that quickly dried up. After many posts on Pelican and reading other peoples experiences, I bought a set of ER Rubber A-Arm busings and installed them last weekend - following the ER video and directions to a T.

Wow! The car rides great. I'm even able to firm up the Koni's without causing the car to hop all over the place. Previously, I had the Koni's on full soft and that helped but I knew it still wasn't right.

Tonight I went for a joy ride and it was truely joyful. I drove all over this town tall my favorite freeway on/offramps and thru some foothill curvy roads. It was a pleasure all the way. I'm sure I wasted at least 10ish gallons of gas.

Anyway, thanks to all who have posted - I think I read them all and absorbed most.

Vern

Hi,

I'm in to changing the arms and awaybar bushing to ER too. I'm a little afraid going in to it and thinking about givivng the job to a mechanic.

How was the job doing it by your self?
Where did you jack the car in the front?

Any help will be great to decide if to go DIY or not.

Thanks
Yaron

[Tidybuoy]

The job is definately doable for the home mechanic. It took all day but that included sanding and painting the A-Arms.

I jack the front with a floor jack and I place a block of wood just behind the front bumper and in front of the gas tank. I normally put jack stands under the front of the a-arms but in this case, you need to put them under the body (since a-arms will be removed).

Look at the pelican parts tech tips for ball joint removal as this will help with directions for removing the a-arms.

I had to heat the arms to get the old bushings off. You can use a small can of propane and a cheap torch fitting from harbor freight. You just heat the metal for a couple of minutes and the old rubber bushings will twist right off.

With ER, they produce a video that shows the whole procedure. I watched this a couple of times before the job and I also watched it during the part of installing the new bushings.

[rwest]

Yaron,

Elephant Racing has a service for $500 where you send them the A arms and they make them pretty and install the bushings. So if you're comfortable removing the parts, but worried about getting the bushings on correctly you have another option. That said, using the video and their included tool, the job is pretty easy.

Best,
Rutager

[Buckeye]

Do you need to align the car after you install the bushings ?

[ybn533]

Originally Posted by rwest

Yaron,

Elephant Racing has a service for $500 where you send them the A arms and they make them pretty and install the bushings. So if you're comfortable removing the parts, but worried about getting the bushings on correctly you have another option. That said, using the video and their included tool, the job is pretty easy.

Best,
Rutager

I wish that could work but I live in Israel

I'm worried the must about removing the parts and installing. not about the assembling.

[tazzieman]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

Do you need to align the car after you install the bushings ?

If the old bushings were squished , then yes - you will have changed the suspension geometry. An alignment is in order...

[will hung]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

Do you need to align the car after you install the bushings ?

Anytime you replace major suspension components you should have the car aligned.

[Tidybuoy]

I will have my car aligned eventually, but I will wait until I can get my ball joints replaced (I'll do that in the next few weeks). However, the alignment is not noticably out of whack and my old rubber bushings were shot.

[redridge]

Installed ER bushings last year.... very happy with the results.

25 year old bushings...

[will hung]

That looks just like mine used to look. BTW, I love my rubber elephant bushings too.

[Tidybuoy]

Mine were bad too - the new ones feel great!

[gsxrken]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

Tonight I went for a joy ride and it was truely joyful. I drove all over this town tall my favorite freeway on/offramps and thru some foothill curvy roads. It was a pleasure all the way. I'm sure I wasted at least 10ish gallons of gas.
Vern

That's not "wasting" gas.

[RSTarga]

ER rubbers are great