3000 at the dealership

 

Whiteline bushings $100, labor 4 hours at $400. Total $500

 

^ are those dealership labor hours? Just buy the tool from z1 ($100) and urethane bushings($80). Check out the detailed instructions and you might diy and save some money
https://www.z1motorsports.com/upload...BushingSet.pdf

 

Tool? Just cut that **** out with a hacksaw.

 

I would recommend the hack saw method over the tool. Cleric used the tool a total of two times before it broke. Solid bushing won't care if you accidentally cut a slot.

 

Well the tool broke on the 3rd usage, I did my car, mailed it to a friend and I have NO IDEA if he maybe did something wrong and damaged the nut, when I got the tool back and was punching the larger die size on a 350Z was when the threads pulled off the nut. I suspect it was damaged from the second attempt though and even Z1 says the nut is a wearable component.

The hacksaw method is easy though, plan on taking your muffler off so you have plenty of room, unplug and protect your RAS components if your vehicle is as-equipped, use a holesaw on a drill to remove a substantial amount of the rubber in the middle then you just need to slice a notch in the race, use a screwdriver/hammer to pop it out and the rest of the race just folds in on itself.

It's an aluminum race so it's easy to cut, if you're using a sawzall just go slow because it cuts VERY quickly.

I don't necessarily regret buying the Z1 tool because I've used the big die sleeve for a few other things on my shop press but if I was doing just a SINGLE rear diff bushing I probably wouldn't spend the $100 on it, I knew at the time I was going to be doing at least 2 of them and it does speed up the process a lot since you don't need to remove the muffler to get room to cut out the old one.

 

I used a reciprocating saw and this chisel set from harbor freight. Not sure about the coupe, but on the sedan with my saw it was tough to get the saw flat against the race, so I just got a small cut started then hammered the f**k out of it with a mallet and one of the chisels.

 

Torch and a beer or 2. Thats how I did mine.

 

worst part is when you find out your exhaust is welded so you cant take off the muffler making your job 10x harder. .


if you can remove your muffler, job is easy. if not then oh boy.

 

I left my muffler on lol.

 

 

I guess I'm cheap and didn't want to replace the exhaust gasket.

 

The gaskets are reusable, at least I think they are? You can take the exhaust off and reuse the gasket without any exhaust leaks anyways so...

 

Dangit!!!