P80 P2 Subframe Bushing installation with pictures 3507923

[Blacklab467]

Yeah, the fronts have that big washer.

[BlackBart]

I thought as I did the first one that I was in over my head and would need a press or something to get the new one in….

This is where I am. I can’t get the first one to start straight with hardwood on a jack. I jacked the weight of the car on that bushing and it started to distort. I got it close enough to the body to start a bolt and sucked it up but it went sideways. There’s grease on the bushing and steel opening.

[Blacklab467]

Put some grease on it and try, if not, just use the bolt and washer as a press. I didn't have much luck getting it started with a jack either and certainly not straight. It'll straighten out as you suck it in with a bolt. You will have to remove one of the front subframe bolts to get yourself a washer.

[Blacklab467]

Sorry I didn't fully read your post. Take a plastic or dead blow hammer to get it straight, then suck it in with the bolt.

[BlackBart]

OK, I’ll give it another try. Got frustrated and moved on to the rear motor mount, which WILL NOT COME OFF the aluminum bracket.

I got a washer off the front, using that, thanks. I may have scored the steel opening with the bit when drilling out the plastic. I’ll take a round file and maybe a Dremel with a drum and smooth that up. The lip on the plastic may be catching on that.

[BlackBart]

The threaded hole is off-center of the subframe hole.

[BlackBart]

I think it’s grabbing at the cut in the lower subframe hole. I spun the bushing 180, catches at the same spot.

[Blacklab467]

If I was there in that last picture I would beat the side of the bushing with a plastic mallet or a chunk of 2by4 and a hammer to get it started straight.

[BlackBart]

I tried to push inward on the plastic to get it to pop in. I felt like I was about to split it. I backed it out again.

<EDIT>……..POUND in on the plastic. 1/2” extension, blunt chisel, dull crowbar, with a ball peen and a dead blow.

[abscate]

How far away are you from subframe removal ? On the bench, with a press, I bet this job is a snap and a pop.