02-17-2017, 06:51 PM | #71 |
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These are my trailing arm bushings. Seems to me like they are OK. Idk about the outer bushings
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02-17-2017, 11:35 PM | #72 |
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Are the outer ones poly?
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02-17-2017, 11:50 PM | #73 |
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I'm not sure. I thought they were oem.
Nevermind I just looked up so OEM ones and they don't look alike. They probably are poly. Looks like they are disintegrating |
02-18-2017, 10:16 PM | #74 |
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Read through most of your post. You say lately your specs havent changed, yet you have 800whp, and you think the rear walks around at WOT? Sounds pretty consistent with 800whp, unless Im missing something. On the other hand, these rear suspensions actually suck if you haven't noticed. I haven't been able to reliably find a link that stops rotation of the hub/wheel... The top control arm looks like it might but it's weak and flexes since it's just an L. Any setup you can usually just look for whatever direction you want to stop movement and put a bar there... I don't see one for rotation, I feel like it stresses that top L control arm and it bends, thowing alignment off. For comparison, the 4th Gen had the awesome Torque Arm that ran all the way up to the trans.. no hub rotational movement there with the two lower control arms.. I never had wheel hop at 750whp and 6 speed trans on that setup as it was, stock with street tires or Nitto 555R's.. this 5th gen I have all BMR bars and bushings and I still hop away when I have wheel spin. I think it's a flawed setup.
So with all that said, if you still have any of the stock bars, you should change them out, not just the bushings, as they are doing more than one thing at a time and are weak to start. THese cars were praised for how well they suck up bumps.. well. that's easy when you connect the wheels to the frame with sheet metal for control arms and 4 layers of soft rubber bushings (hub to control arm = 1, control arm to subframe = 2, Subframe to frame = 3, diff to subframe = 4). The 4th gens had at the most 2 layers.. axle housing to control arm, and control arm to frame.. no subframe.. and never had any wheel hop.. however it did suck at bumps. All I got out of the BMR solid diff bushings are a allot of clunking transmitted into the interior and a loud ring gear whine at 75+mph. Last edited by dookie454; 02-18-2017 at 10:27 PM. |
02-19-2017, 09:39 AM | #75 |
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Thanks for your input. I'm at 620whp
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02-19-2017, 01:32 PM | #76 | |
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I just made this video... maybe this is what your seeing? I see the front of the rear tire tilting outwards under hard accell... I also get wheel hop and Im thinking this movement is where it's coming from since I have most of what BMR has to offer and I dont see any subframe movement or control arm/trailing arm movement.. I think the knuckle itself is rotating a bit. I really feel it has insufficient leverage. If both tires are bending out like this then it has to be what you are feeling... Im only at 525whp.
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02-19-2017, 01:55 PM | #77 |
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Says video is private
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02-19-2017, 05:55 PM | #78 |
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ok I changed to public, try again. Strange it let me see it on this site and it said it had 7 views.
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02-19-2017, 07:06 PM | #79 |
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Where did you mount the camera at? I was trying to get a video of mine but I couldn't find where I could mount it on
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02-19-2017, 09:28 PM | #80 |
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i have a contour so it can lay very flat low profile and lens is rotatable so I can fit it basically anywhere, it's mounted on the lowest part of the unibody where it runs flat towards the front.
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02-20-2017, 08:48 AM | #81 |
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I need to check it out. First I'll get the outer trailing arm bushings and then go from there. Hopefully that's the issue. I need to try and be ready for tx2k
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02-20-2017, 09:30 AM | #82 |
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#1 Never, ever lubricate the barrel of the bushings. Lubrication belongs only in the hole the ferule is in. The ferule turns inside of the bushing. Lubrication the outer barrel of the bushings allows the bushing to turn.
#2 Clean all that lubricant out of the bushings, ferules and arms. With the bushing in the arm, including the ferule, but clean with no lubricant, can you wiggle the ferule? |
02-20-2017, 10:13 AM | #83 |
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Sorry but what is a ferule? The red grease is on just the nipple.
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02-20-2017, 12:40 PM | #84 | |
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Quote:
The silver center is the ferule. It appears there gease around the edges of the bushing in this picture. Pop them out. Clean them up and put them back in dry. If the ferule can wiggle in the bushing and / or the bushing isn't a tight fit to the hole, we have too much play. |
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