Powerflex Bushes for the e30

Powerflex Bushes for the e30. Finally going to get the back end sorted on the Beamer! After King of the Ring Chapter 4 were I thought my welded Diff had broke because my cousin Dwayne was so convinced that only 1 of my wheels were spinning up?

Think you need to visit Specsavers  Dwayne. 😉

I didn’t want to risk the Diff locking up if the welding had broke so had to retire from King of the Ring after my 3rd run…… 🙁

The back end had been making strange noises but I had put it down to the subframe and trailing arm bushes. Which is what them noises were and not the Diff!

Anyhow the time had come to fit the polyurethane bushes from Powerflex. Now remember the Beamer is 25 years old with over 160,000 miles on her and I don’t think these bushes have ever been changed before!

Put her up on the ramp and gave the nuts, bolts and bushes a good soaking in Wd40 before stripping it down. There are a few different methods of doing this job but as I would be changing all the bushes, the best way was to remove the diff and subframe. Continue reading