I show my process for installing superpro bushings in the front suspension of my 1984 chevy C4 corvette. this is episode 3 in an ongoing c4 corvette rebuild. Like and Subscribe! Music • Song: Neon Lights • Artist: HurricaneTurtle
One tip I just remembered my friend showed me when I was doing my bushings! To help prevent the bushing from squishing every which way and sliding off the narrow jaws of the vice, we put some planks of wood to make a wider and flatter surface, on top of that we used a ziptie on the bushing while pressing it in to prevent it from deforming too much. Once the first lip of the bushings slides in the control arm itself will push the ziptie aside and you can just cut it off after. Hope this helps!
thanks for putting together a really good video, I didn’t have the patience to video when I did mine. I had a heckuva time getting my super pro bushings in and you made it look easy. I did the whole car. It took me most of a weekend.
Great video…it may seem obvious those little steps of inserting the bushings…I like how you showed every step…I think I’ll be doing this very thing. Thanks for making this video!
I have an 89 and from what I've read there should be minimal differences in our suspen setups. I assume you bought your kit from C&S? Asking because I'm having a mind melt of a time finding which one of these bags is the front lower control arm sway bar link bushing. Or if it was even included in the kit.
@ryanle1293 I bought from C&S yes. I'll look at my car later today to see if that bushing was included. It's easy to tell as the bushings are a blue color.
@@MrGotenz21 thanks! I've so far categorized them successfully. The only problem was I accidentally put the crush tubes meant for the 24mm bolt all on one side. So now I have to fix that. For the support rods do you remember how you got those in? I for the life of me wasn't able to squeeze them in with the washers, I barely got them in without the washers, I'm debating if they even needed them as the originals didn't have washers for said bushings and now I'm freaking out over it lol
You’re lucky the original bushings weren’t in there because they were a son of a gun to get out, I would also leave the nut on the top of the shaft when you start pressing with a press so you don’t mash up the threaded part. I also put a piece of angle iron between the arms on a assembly to keep from bending, you could see it bending your video
I don’t believe that there is a published spec on the torque for the shaft because it was never intended to be a serviceable piece it was supposed to just be replaced as assembly
That’s awesome I have the😢 total bushing kit for the 95 that C n S corvette sells.I also bought the larger rear bushings for the upper rear axle as well. Upper and lower ball joints and inner outer tierod ends as well. Everything is tight again. next are the shocks and drive shaft and half shaft U-Joints.
