SUBFRAME, Servicing, Front Bonded Rubber Bushing For Rear Final Drive, All Wheel Drive (AWD) Vehicles: Installing

Installation Is The Reverse Of Removal, With Special Attention To The Following: 

• Before installing the bonded rubber bushing, make sure the :T10254/5  is able to fit through the hole in the inner core of the bushing. The hole drilled into the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing may prevent the :T10254/5  from sliding through. If this is the case, it must be drilled out.

-- Gently pre-load the bonded rubber bushing -2- with cover horizontally in the vice clamp as illustrated -1-. Be sure not to damage the outer layer of the bonded rubber bushing.

Fig 1: Gently Pre-Load Bonded Rubber Bushing With Cover Horizontally In The Vise Clamp

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-- Position the drill -3- on the bonded rubber bushing -2- as illustrated and drill the hole in several steps.

Step 1, 11 mm drill bit

Step 2, 11.5 mm drill bit

Step 3, 12 mm drill bit

-- Make a continuous marking -arrow- straight to the grooves.

Fig 2: Identifying Make A Continuous Marking Straight To Grooves

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-a- = 90°

-- Coat the rubber bonded bushing with Installation Lubricant before pressing it onto the subframe contact surface.

-- Install the rubber bonded bushing with the marking -arrow- into the subframe so that the marking points exactly in the driving direction.

-- Place the tools on the front bonded rubber bushing as shown in the illustration.

Fig 3: Place Tools On Front Bonded Rubber Bushing

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1. :T10254/4 
2. :T40033/7 
3. Subframe
4. Bonded rubber bushing
5. :T40186/2 
6. :T10205/4 
7. :VAS6178 
8. :T10254/4 
9. :T10254/5  . The spindle pins face downward.

-- Pull bearing into subframe until stop.

Install In Reverse Order Of Removal.