Whiteline Steering Rack Bushings - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

100_Percent_Juice · 2007-03-10, 11:45 PM

Very easy install, 30min tops. Well worth the money. The steering has been improved significantly over stock. There is almost zero play when turning from side to side*

*I will have to get use to there being no slack in the steering*

sperry · 2007-03-11, 11:33 AM

If you thought the install was "very easy", you didn't follow the directions. It's only easy if you don't install one of the busings with the slot up instead of towards the front of the car.

cody · 2007-03-11, 03:17 PM

It's easy once you figure out how to do it. Grab the passenger side of the rack and wiggle it fwd and bkwd while you snake the driver side bushing in. The passenger side bushing was cake.

I used the blue ones though.

100_Percent_Juice · 2007-03-11, 04:44 PM

i just loaded it up with the grease pack and that thing wrapped around there like a snap-it bracelet.

Dean · 2007-03-11, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

i just loaded it up with the grease pack and that thing wrapped around there like a snap-it bracelet.

I don't believe that should be a greased bushing. The square one should take a minimum of 30 minutes of cursing and prying and scraped knuckles even if you have done one before.

tysonK · 2007-03-12, 06:25 AM

Something seems wrong here.

100_Percent_Juice · 2007-03-12, 07:27 AM

The pair of bushings came with a pack of grease. All the people who did the install on nasioc said to grease it up really well. With the help of a screwdriver it slid all the way around in no time at all.
I love how it feels and there is no noise or anything like that which must mean that its done correctly.

sperry · 2007-03-12, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

The pair of bushings came with a pack of grease. All the people who did the install on nasioc said to grease it up really well. With the help of a screwdriver it slid all the way around in no time at all.
I love how it feels and there is no noise or anything like that which must mean that its done correctly.

No, you're right. It's supposed to be greased all to hell. That's usually what makes it so hard to install... greasy poly + greasy hands does not make for easy installation. Maybe that's because I won't use a screwdriver or pliers or anything to get it in out of fear of tearing the polyurethane.

100_Percent_Juice · 2007-03-12, 12:58 PM

scott you cant let fear control your life.

sperry · 2007-03-12, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

scott you cant let fear control your life.

Dude, I've used a lug nut and stud hammered into a brake caliper bracket to hold my brakes on for Time Trials... it's not the fear of the part failing that I have a problem with, it's the fear that if I bork it up, I have to do the job a second time. I'm lazy.

2007-03-10, 11:45 PM	#1
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	Whiteline Steering Rack Bushings Very easy install, 30min tops. Well worth the money. The steering has been improved significantly over stock. There is almost zero play when turning from side to side* I will have to get use to there being no slack in the steering __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2007-03-11, 11:33 AM	#2
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	If you thought the install was "very easy", you didn't follow the directions. It's only easy if you don't install one of the busings with the slot up instead of towards the front of the car. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2007-03-11, 04:44 PM	#4
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	i just loaded it up with the grease pack and that thing wrapped around there like a snap-it bracelet. __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2007-03-12, 06:25 AM	#6
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	Something seems wrong here. __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

2007-03-12, 07:27 AM	#7
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	The pair of bushings came with a pack of grease. All the people who did the install on nasioc said to grease it up really well. With the help of a screwdriver it slid all the way around in no time at all. I love how it feels and there is no noise or anything like that which must mean that its done correctly. __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2007-03-11, 03:17 PM	#3
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	It's easy once you figure out how to do it. Grab the passenger side of the rack and wiggle it fwd and bkwd while you snake the driver side bushing in. The passenger side bushing was cake. I used the blue ones though.

2007-03-12, 12:58 PM	#9
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	scott you cant let fear control your life. __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

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