legacycentral bbs

that's what the garage quoted me. i just bought a 95 legacy sedan because my 91 *finally* had all she could take (until i replace the timing belt with an oem)... and there's too much shifter slop.

exactly which bushings should i replace and which should i leave alone?

also, could someone tell me how much i should expect to pay for them. the dealer i talked to is the only one around and i think that's a damn bit high for a couple rubber pieces!

thanks!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ENERGY-S ... enameZWD1V

should work for you.

Plus labor. It takes time to press out bushings and press new ones in.

I'd quote all shifter bushings to between 1/2 hour to 1 hour of labor from start to finish. If they are replacing the front and rear bushings, that's probably close to $25 in parts from OEM.

It's easy to see why they quoted you $100 to replace them.

but i told him that i would be doing the labor myself. he said looking at the schematic, there were a lot of bushings that could be replaced... and the and the cars they did before were between 50 - 100 w/o labor.

Depending on the car, there are 2 main bushings to replace.

They can both be replaced with peices by Kartboy, for less than $50.00

here's what i don't get...

i understand stock is well, stock...

but what's the difference between energy and kartboy?

is one more durable than the other? stiffer maybe?

basically, what's the best company to buy from?

i don't mind paying a little more money as long as the parts are going to last.

They will be almost identical.

Kartboys lower bushing is 2 peice so it's easier to install.

Kartboy is the only one who makes a rear bushing.

I'd go Kartboy because they have cooler stickers. But I have an energy lower bushing and a custom rear bushing.

The one for a GD Impreza should work fine.

will thoes enegry busings work for my 95 impreza??

They should.

I just did this bushing swap last week and it just took me about an hour for DIY.
I order one of the big bushing for my STi linkage.
First you have to jack up the car with all the safety stand. Then you have to remove the pin that holds the joint. Its easier to do it since it will be hard to put the shaft to the joint.
When the whole thing unbolt then loose all the screws inside the car and the rear linkage bushing then the whole linkage will be free to take it out from the car.

For take out the bushing. All you have to do is one flat screwdriver. Put the flat screwdriver to the edge in between the matel ring and the bushing then pry it out, it maybe easy to get it out. Once it out then put some lube on the new bushing.
Then use a table vice grpe to press in slowly. If you have th Kartboy then its more easier but if you have the Energy one, then you have to press it in but with the greas it will be easy.
After that you just put it back to the location and it will be done.
I will be more easy when you work on a shop that has the lift.

Good luck.
Ben

phil, may i enquire as to what adn how custom your rear bushing is and what it started out as???

I made a post. I think it was titled "shift like a pro" or something like that.