Steering rack bushing fit for 2017+ Twins? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Ohio Enthusiast · 06-02-2020, 08:56 AM

I'm looking at steering rack bushings (probably the Energy Suspension ones), but all places list them as compatible with up to 2016 (sometimes even less). Is that just an omission in the specs or was there a real change in the steering rack bushings in the facelift?

dragoontwo · 06-02-2020, 09:57 AM

I used the diftech 10589 in my 2020, and its listed for 2013-2017 models.

Jdmjunkie · 06-02-2020, 01:33 PM

I am getting super pros installed in the next week or so. I have their diff and trans bushes. They are extremely well made and engineered, and I have noticed no increase in NVH.

churchx · 06-02-2020, 02:04 PM

Or maybe you were trying to detect different portion of NVH, which stands not just for noise and harshness, but also vibration. From my experience (using perrin's steering rack lockdown though), there is slight increase of vibrations passed from road to steering wheel. It is also as extra feedback though, and those more vibrations weren't ever to level of being tiring or annoying, even during very long drives, so that NVH change that there is can be ignored imho.

Ohio Enthusiast · 07-08-2020, 11:07 AM

To confirm - I installed Energy Suspension bushings (8.10105G) on my 2018 BRZ and had no fitment problems. For the curious, I used a DIY version of the Cusco bushing removal tool using a short piece of 2" PVC pipe and a 3/8" threaded rod with some nuts and washers. A big c-clamp was helpful as well to press the old bushing out all the way and press the new bushing in (the outer poly part slides in by hand, but the inner metal part needs to be pressed in).

dragoontwo · 07-08-2020, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast

To confirm - I installed Energy Suspension bushings (8.10105G) on my 2018 BRZ and had no fitment problems. For the curious, I used a DIY version of the Cusco bushing removal tool using a short piece of 2" PVC pipe and a 3/8" threaded rod with some nuts and washers. A big c-clamp was helpful as well to press the old bushing out all the way and press the new bushing in (the outer poly part slides in by hand, but the inner metal part needs to be pressed in).

I just used a socket and a crappy 2 jaw puller.

Ohio Enthusiast · 07-08-2020, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragoontwo

I just used a socket and a crappy 2 jaw puller.

Yeah, gotta use what you have on hand. I didn't have a socket big enough and no jaw puller (crappy or otherwise).

Capt Spaulding · 07-09-2020, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast

Yeah, gotta use what you have on hand. I didn't have a socket big enough and no jaw puller (crappy or otherwise).

If you can find a socket or a short piece of 1 1/2 of pvc pipe, a 6" long 1/2 or 3/8 carriage or hex bolt with a nut and and fender washer will pop the factory bushings right out.

06-02-2020, 08:56 AM	#1
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dragoontwo Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Drives: 22 BRZ limited Location: Clarksville TN Posts: 1,183 Thanks: 217 Thanked 990 Times in 521 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I used the diftech 10589 in my 2020, and its listed for 2013-2017 models.

06-02-2020, 01:33 PM	#3
Jdmjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: Scion FR-S 10 Series Location: Las Vegas, Nev. Posts: 341 Thanks: 1,839 Thanked 204 Times in 128 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am getting super pros installed in the next week or so. I have their diff and trans bushes. They are extremely well made and engineered, and I have noticed no increase in NVH.

06-02-2020, 02:04 PM	#4
churchx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2014 GT86 Location: Latvia, Riga Posts: 4,333 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,085 Times in 1,436 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Or maybe you were trying to detect different portion of NVH, which stands not just for noise and harshness, but also vibration. From my experience (using perrin's steering rack lockdown though), there is slight increase of vibrations passed from road to steering wheel. It is also as extra feedback though, and those more vibrations weren't ever to level of being tiring or annoying, even during very long drives, so that NVH change that there is can be ignored imho.

07-08-2020, 11:07 AM	#5
Ohio Enthusiast Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Drives: 2018 BRZ Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 898 Thanks: 1,366 Thanked 763 Times in 432 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	To confirm - I installed Energy Suspension bushings (8.10105G) on my 2018 BRZ and had no fitment problems. For the curious, I used a DIY version of the Cusco bushing removal tool using a short piece of 2" PVC pipe and a 3/8" threaded rod with some nuts and washers. A big c-clamp was helpful as well to press the old bushing out all the way and press the new bushing in (the outer poly part slides in by hand, but the inner metal part needs to be pressed in).

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