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My LCA bushes were in a poor state causing a lot of wear to the inner and outer shoulders of the tyres, the bushes still looked OK but were soft when the car was on a lift and you pried at the bushing, I estimate about 1cm of movement in the horizontal plane.
I was in two minds whether to replace with genuine Honda bushes which aren't that expensive but decided that due to the poor surface on many of the roads that I regularly drive to go for PSB bushes.
These are a one piece PU bushing but instead of aiming for performance like Superpro or Powerflex these are meant to offer a similar to stock ride with increased lifespan.
The offside was done relatively easily with no hassle from corroded bolts and it all went back together smoothly.
The N/S was a problem, the vertical bolt through the bush had corroded to the bush internally and although with a 3ft 3/4"breaker bar I could turn the bolt the rubber was just winding up and the bush wouldn't release its grip on the bolt.
I resorted to the time honoured trick of Oxy-acetylene and a pneumatic chisel. and eventually got enough of the rubber burned off that I was able to use a small set of stilsons to jam the bush while I used another 4ft piece of pipe on the breaker bar to turn the bolt, it came free with a lot of creaking and squeaking but if this had failed I would have had to cut the bolt.
The bushes pressed out easily enough and the PSB ones couldn't be simpler to fit, use some supplied silicon grease on the arm and bush and just press in with a vice or a hydraulic press. literally 5 mins to fit.
The brief check on the way back from the garage showed that noise vibration and harshness were all a lot different to the rubber ones fitted previously but the handling is now pin sharp unlike the floaty boat feeling present before.
I should be able to give them a decent drive this week and will report back.
I was in two minds whether to replace with genuine Honda bushes which aren't that expensive but decided that due to the poor surface on many of the roads that I regularly drive to go for PSB bushes.
These are a one piece PU bushing but instead of aiming for performance like Superpro or Powerflex these are meant to offer a similar to stock ride with increased lifespan.
The offside was done relatively easily with no hassle from corroded bolts and it all went back together smoothly.
The N/S was a problem, the vertical bolt through the bush had corroded to the bush internally and although with a 3ft 3/4"breaker bar I could turn the bolt the rubber was just winding up and the bush wouldn't release its grip on the bolt.
I resorted to the time honoured trick of Oxy-acetylene and a pneumatic chisel. and eventually got enough of the rubber burned off that I was able to use a small set of stilsons to jam the bush while I used another 4ft piece of pipe on the breaker bar to turn the bolt, it came free with a lot of creaking and squeaking but if this had failed I would have had to cut the bolt.
The bushes pressed out easily enough and the PSB ones couldn't be simpler to fit, use some supplied silicon grease on the arm and bush and just press in with a vice or a hydraulic press. literally 5 mins to fit.
The brief check on the way back from the garage showed that noise vibration and harshness were all a lot different to the rubber ones fitted previously but the handling is now pin sharp unlike the floaty boat feeling present before.
I should be able to give them a decent drive this week and will report back.