Uhmmm... that's a rear motor mount bushing not the steering rack bushing

 

h22 thats awesome...great way to press bushings
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I hope you guys arent changing the trailing arm bushings to these though...

 

already changed the trailing arm bushings with my brake swap. They're great, no problems.

oh yeah, and I have a giant tub of grease... i never used that ES lubricant. They don't really give you enough anyway.

 

So the trailing arm bushings are good right? I hope so, I already paid for them just waiting on the mail.

When I called ES to complain, they sent me a package full of their grease but I still used the marine grease per their tech's recommendation.

I can't wait to drive my car and see how it handles... I got the front all together but can't drive it because my drivers side lower ball joint is bad; it actually popped out of the steering knuckle, it's not even pressed in any more The only thing holding it down was my CV axle h:

 

"They're not designed properly to allow for the full range of motion intended by the OE parts and bind up. Most bushings move laterally as well in the suspension."

http://www.crxsi.com/resources/class...erflex/tr1.htm

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=493789

 

I've been daily driving and autocrossing on those bushings for almost a year, absolutely no problems here. Considereing the cost of replacing that bushing with a stock one (mine were shot), it makes no sense at all to go stock. I check it regularly, and its never been outta whack. :dunno:

 

The big tube looking thing under the rear mount bushing is the steering rack.

 

Yes, I realize what a steering rack is but I thought you were showing a picture of the bushing installed on the steering rack and the only bushing I saw was on the rear motor mount.

The steering rack looks to be sporting the oem bushing.

 

Ha ha, sorry I was just messing with you. My ES kit had black bushings instead of red. Some people have said the black was denser/stronger but I think it was just a different color. I just bought the set of a local friends shop and I didn't really care about color and those are the ones he gave me. The steering rack bushings are installed there, but they're so little and dumb you can't really tell. Here's my LCA with the black bushings (I drilled and tapped grease fittings but never used them).

 

Actually I learned after purchasing my red bushings that the black bushings have graphite embedded in the pigment or something to that effect that is supposed to help keep the bushings from squeeking; it acts sort of like a lubrication.

That's pretty slick with the grease fittings though. How long have you had the bushings on your car? Have you had any problems with noise as a result of not greesings them?