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Originally Posted by theadmiral976
Yeah, I was referring to the bottom rubber piece as a sleeve just so I didn't confuse people with the boots found on all of the pins. The parts guy at the Subaru dealer didn't know what they were called, so I just used "sleeve." (He also couldn't order it as a separate piece - as is typical with Toyota and Subaru in their quest to make DIY repair as difficult as humanly possible. I much, much, much prefer Honda's approach to parts.)
Looks like they are called bushings as you found in the shop manual which makes sense given how they are positioned in the bracket. I definitely didn't leave off any of the boots - that would be very sad, indeed!
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Forgive me. I skimmed and jumped to the worst conclusion.
The top pin takes the majority of the shear load. The bottom one is more of a follower but the damping effect is real. I see your point. It will be interesting to see if there are eventual consequences for omitting them.