Pedders Bushings pressed in...

OBLIVION · May 23, 2010

I'm in the process of replacing my entire front suspension on my 300 with Pedders bushings. I'm also replacing the shocks/struts and coils with Pedders as well. :modding:

Well, I tried to make my own "pull tool" for removing and installing bushings. It worked pretty well to remove the bushings that were already installed in the new front Upper Control Arms and new Tension Struts, however I ran into major issues pulling the Pedders in. I broke several bolts and stripped several nuts on my homemade tool before giving up. Not to mention in the process one of the Pedders bushings turned out of alignment.

So I called around and found a machine shop at an auto parts store here locally that could take care of this for me. Here they are after they took care of pressing the Pedders bushings in the Upper Control Arms and Tension Struts for me. They even removed the one that turned and pressed it back in at the correct alignment.

Now, next weekend I'll finally be able to tackle the full suspension upgrade. My plan is to remove the front suspension components early Saturday morning and then take the lower control arms (once removed) and the new Pedders bushings up to the shop and have them press out the old bushings and press in the new Pedders. Then obviously I can reinstall everything. I'm so pumped to get this over with.

While they have the LCA putting the bushings in, I'll come back and work on replacing the tie rod ends and installing my bump-steer kit.

ChuckWagon · May 23, 2010

Keep an eye on the bushing you pressed in and removed then pressed in again. They don't like that and can (and more than likely will) start making noise. This happened on my wifes Charger on one of her tension struts. The strut actually started moving back and forth on the bushing causing a lot of noise. Long story short, we had to buy another bushing and install it.
I don't mean to scare you, rather I'm just giving you a heads-up as to what is heading your way.

OBLIVION · May 25, 2010

Thanks for the warning. However the good thing is that I only pressed the new one in maybe a 1/4 of the way then realized it was turning out of alignment. At that point I said screw it and left it that way till it could be removed and reinstalled by some pros. It should be good since it still had another 3/4 inch or so of bushing to be pressed in which is the area the tension strut would be sitting. I'll keep an eye non-the-less though.

karfreek · May 25, 2010

I regret my pedders. They make my car sound like my old 78 Mercury.

Jay

ChuckWagon · May 25, 2010

karfreek said:
I regret my pedders. They make my car sound like my old 78 Mercury.

Jay

You mean they allow more noise to transmit from the road to you? My wifes Charger is an already rough ride (Police R/T) and we saw a big difference in road noise transmission, but the trade off was superior handling. She would have had Pedders installed in the rear of the car already if it weren't for the up and down economy.
I guess it's what you are willing to put up with.

Big Daddy J 300 · May 25, 2010

Does anyone know about how much it would be to get them professionaly installed?

Thx

DMS Motorsport · May 25, 2010

They are not hard to press in,. Just takes a 12-20 ton hydraulic press to do it. They need to be and are designed to be very tight, just like the OEs.

Getting the tension rods or what we call the front radius rods out of the car takes a tool to disconnect the balljoint, and basic hand tools

For the upper control arm bushings, the press in/out like the radius rod bushings but with less effort

These are something any machine shop or repair shop can do.

Where in the USA are you?

thanks
mike
dms

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