Any chance someone might be able to do one and post it on here? Or just comment on their experience replacing it themselves?

TIA

 

i had my mechanic replace the compression rod bushings. i bought the bushings for like $20+ and my mechanic charged me like 2 hours labor. if that's all you need done, it will be cheaper than replacing the rods.

 

My passenger side rod is rusted to the body. I was hitting it with a hammer and anything else I could find, could not break it loose. I disconnected it from the hub, but it will not slide down the long bolt attached to the body.

 

exact same as mine lol. driver side came off easy and was a 10 minute job. as soon as i got to the passenger side... the arm literally ripped off after some tugging, and i was stock with the rubber bushing corroded to the frame...got pissed and had carx finish it.

overall it should be very easy. start out with the passenger side first. if it doesnt slide off rather easy, have a shop do it. imho $100 > 5 hours of

i had all new oem compression rods btw, no inserts

 

Where did you get the bushing? Do you have a part number?

 

Yea, I just have no idea how to tug it off, my dad couldn't move it either.

 

yea i sat there and pounded on it, torched it, etc, no no avail. i finally just swallowed my pride and took it to a place. of course once i got home i looked it all over and they did a spot on job. heres some of the pics

the rod...beat to hell lol


the aftermath, stuck to the frame lol

 

Did any of you guys use a "balljoint seperator" tool? I got a Haynes book for G35 and it suggests using it when removing the compression rod.

Any other special tools that are needed?

 

didnt use that... i just used a 19mm socket and some elbow grease. and 12 or 14mm socket for the support braces. oh and pb blaster

 

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Riverside-INFINITI

The guy from Riverside Infiniti posts on this website. Just search for the bushing and your choices will come up for the x or non-x versions.

 

Will just about any shop have the appropriate press to replace the bushings on these? Any idea what it might cost to have the bushings pressed on if i remove the Rods myself?

 

I didn't replace mine because it was covered under warranty, but if the piece it is stuck on is tapered, a balljoint separator should do the trick. I had to use one on my F150 once and it took about 30 seconds to do what would normally be over an hour of beating with a hammer.

 

I had the same problem as far as the comression rod being stock to the shaft that comes out the body. But i refused to go to the shop. I heated around the rubber bushing until i was able to pull the rod off. Of course leaveing the rubber bushing stuck to the shaft. Then i hacked away at the rubber leaving one side almonst down to the metal. Then i had to use a dremmal to cut 2 vertical slits about a 1/2 inch apart. Then I was able to use a small pry bar to kinda peel up the piece i cut the slits in just enough to kinda free up the grab on the shaft. Then with some pb blaster i was able to work the rest of the bushing attached to the tube that goes on the shaft by hand (2 hands actually) I just kepty rotating it back and forth. It was a pain the first one took me hours to get done since i was doing a lot of trial and error to get the stuiped thing off. The other side was about 2 hours start to finish. All that work and it takes like 5 minutes to put the new one on.

 

What did you heat the bushing with?

 

My question is how to check the ball joint on the other end is okay. From what I read it's not replacable. Would hate to go to the trouble of doing the bushings if the ball joint was bad.