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Whiteline diff bushings


ginganinja

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Hey there,

 

Has anyone here installed whiteline rear diff bushings?

 

The bushes are steel clawed and have more rubber out one side than the other.

 

I have installed and pair according to a US forum that said to have the side with more rubber facing the rear of the car, however I have installed my diff today and I have a gap between the diff and the Bush.

 

Wanting to confirm if anyone has had this or done it before.

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Depending on the height of the diff mounting studs more weight would be put on the inner side (closer to front of car) and would be best to have the thickest part of the bushing there to take the weight. The side closest to the rear should also have a large washer underneath the nut, this would spread the load evenly across the face of the bush helping to prevent deformation and the “gap” you speak of.

 

Even if if there was a small gap once loaded up, when you put the bolt and washer on it’s going to pretty much stay in that location with a lot less play than stock bushings.

 

My stock rubber bushings would deform and create a gap too, this is why I got bushing inserts to help fill in the gap, the washer probably does more of a job to stop movement than the inserts themselves.

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GC8s are a bit different to later model ones I think. 

 

There is no washer. The bushing it self isnt deforming as the insert tube just pushes through. Basically what is happening is the diff doesnt touch the face of the bush., so when you tighten the nut it just pulls the bush tube through the bushing.

 

If the bush was the other way around the diff should sit against the face of the bush.

 

Just wanted to confirm if anyone had done this exact. Bush mount in GC8.

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if the diff is pushed forward into the mounting location as far as possible and bolted in there shouldn’t be enough clearance for the insert tubes to come out as they would hit the stopper on the end of the studs (bolt hits tube, tube pushes against end of stud to create tension).

 

heres an install video for a GC8 showing which side they mount the new bushings

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwH7Fy-3X1s

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1 hour ago, Loren said:

@ginganinja the guys in the video have done it correctly... the diff should push up hard onto the bushes.

Yes that's what I thought. That video wasnt arpund when I fitted the bushes. Did them a few months back and just fitted the diff this weekend to find out I had done it wrong. 

 

Now for some fun removing rear subframe and trying to get bushes out again. Haha

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38 minutes ago, ginganinja said:

Yes that's what I thought. That video wasnt arpund when I fitted the bushes. Did them a few months back and just fitted the diff this weekend to find out I had done it wrong. 

 

Now for some fun removing rear subframe and trying to get bushes out again. Haha

You might be able to line them up (penetrating spray would be best) and trying to tap them out by going around the circumference of the outside sleeve bit by bit, I’ve taken the odd bushing out that way - might not be toooo bad seeing as they’re new

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