Xj88

I think i royally ****ed up...I got bored and started toying with my lift kit..I installed the polyurethane bushings (im guessing thats what they are called) as well as the metal ring inside them without fitting the mounting hardware in there. Here is a pic of what I got...I did this on all of them. i dont really understand how the mounts fit in the bushing..they are bigger than the hole provided...please help.

TenECXJ

The metal piece with the 2 holes is called a bar pin. It's used on the bottom of the front shocks and the top of the rear shocks. Most people opt to replace these with bar pin eliminators because it gets rid of the thump you hear most every time you shock cycles. If you don't want to buy B.P.E.'s, remove the metal sleeve from the shock eyes and insert the bar pins. Remember, they go in the bottom of the front shocks and top of the rear shocks.

Xj88

Yeah I know where they go, Its just like they expect you to use the bar pins as well as the metal sleeve, that doesnt work, you cant bend that metal sleeve open for ****..can I just put the barpin in and not use the metal sleeve?

TenECXJ

Yea. If you want to install the bar pins you can remove the sleeve and slide the bar pin in.

Xj88

Any simple way to get the sleeve out? Mine seems STUCK!

willsmysticcobra

punch it out with a big slotted screwdriver and some lube haha

OOdynamite

Yea... that sucker is gonna be in there tight, do what the man above me said.

mike mike

I use a vice and a socket larger that the sleeve and one the same size and press them out.

Xj88

I got the sleeves out and got the front shocks ready to go...having issues with getting the barpins and bushings to go in the rear shocks.

OOdynamite

Grease!!!

Xj88

I'm gonna try putting the bushings back in the shocks lubing the inside of em good and use a mallet to work the pins In