Noltec Control Arm Bushes

[boomtheroom]

anyone used the noltec control rm bushes, apparently u dont have to remove the old bushes just the factory crush tube hat correct?

heres a pic of the set

[Duncan]

nope you need to remove the old bushes as well, the blue bushes replace your factory rubber bushes.

[boomtheroom]

they dont look like they go deep enough, tho

[Duncan]

you use a pair of them, one from each end there are 8 bushes in that pack so it is enough for 2 arms (inner and outer end, 2 peices bushes)

[boomtheroom]

u used this kit?

[Duncan]

yeah sure have, works well. but count the bushes down there, there are 16 from memory once you count upper and lower, inner and outer. I think they are all the same. Be careful with the noltec website though, their catalogue was not right when i got them a few years back

[boomtheroom]

any tips on removing the factory bushes?

[Proximity Motorsport]

get a press,,, or pay someone

[boomtheroom]

so what is it that wears on the factory arms? is it the crush tubes or the plastic inserts that the crush tube goes into?

[Simon-S14]

i did mine not long ago... was a full on prick of a job to get the old bushes out, ended up using an oxy torch and a vice. Better off taking the arms out yourself then paying someone to remove the old bushes as its just not worth the headache. The new bushes go in easy enough

[BHDave]

Removal is a bit of a saga without a press. I drilled through the rubberwith an 1/8inch drill or there abouts and pressed the crush tube out with a vice, then hacksawed a couple of slots in the outer about 2mm apart and used a pin punch to roll that out. It took about 10-15 minutes per bush once i got the hang of it. The trick is to go slow with the hacksaw so you don't cut right through into the arm itself, then using the punch you tear the strip out and leave the arm undamaged.

I found that the lower control arm inner bush numbers in the catalogue to be wrong. There are 2 possible sizes. You need to measure yours before ordering and make sure it gets passed on to noltec. I got the same wrong bushes sent out twice before finally getting the right ones (they were numbered as z32 ones on the packaging).

Installation is a piece of cake. no press required.

[boomtheroom]

i took the factory bushes apart today ,it seems that the only thing that wears and causes the unwanted movement,is the plastic inserts that sit inside between the metal bush and the crush tube,so why cant we just buy these?

[BHDave]

which arm is that? and what car? Because that bush is nothing like what i have seen, and i have replaced every single bush on my r32

[boomtheroom]

r32 gtr factory ,upper left control arm

[BHDave]

dude!

Your picture up top is the rear bushes. You are ripping out the fronts which is a completely different process! And different size bushes too.

There's a collar that you just smack with a hammer and a chisel (or screwdriver) It takes the whole bush out as a unit. They are the easiest bush to remove of all the suspension bushes. You can see the collar in your photo above my last post.

[Duncan]

you know its been ages since I've seen the stock ones, but I thought they were 1 piece rubber with a metal crush tube in the center. Looks like yours have been changed at some stage unless I am mad

*disclaimer* I may well be mad

[Duncan]

in fact looking closer the "plastic" bit in the centre looks like nylon spun on a lathe.

[boomtheroom]

they are factory i have changed dozens of them

[Simon-S14]

its far from an easy job... just getting them bushes out, then putting the arms in is a bit of a prick of as job.

oxy torch FTW tho

[Sticky]

i used to work at noltec

not bad stuff..... when its free