Ill be doing this job this weekend, along with the fronts (which seem to be much easier). Dropping the subframe looks intimidating, but your video shows that it shouldn't be too hard. Thanks for posting! One thing I think I will do - - use a paint marker on either side of the bushing clamp before taking off the old one, in order to line it up perfectly with the bolt holes when putting on the new bushing. Might save alot of time and headache of having to use a mirror to line it all back up again.
I took a stab at the bushings on my 2007, and there's much less room. Is it hard to drop the subframe more than what you did? I'd need at least another inch.
@@autopurlieu I finally gave it a another stab. Took my time and in the end it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I lowered all subframe bolts as much as possible without coming off, then took the frontmost subframe bolt out on the side I was working on in order to give a little maneuvering room. The main issue is clearance; if you have thinner arms and small hands it's not a problem. On the driver side I ended up removing the rear bushing bolt by reaching in from the rear and using a rachet. For the front bolt I went in from the front (and under) and used a racheting box wrench. On the passenger side I went in from the wheel well to loosen, start, and tighten the bushing bolts with the rear the exception of starting the front on by going in from underneath. Thanks for your video - definitely gave me the inspiration to do it.
Honda designed their vehicle so hard to get into where needed to replace that parts, and I see that Honda vehicles are rusted faster than the Toyota vehicle. Honda manufacturers need to improve their vehicles.
Ill be doing this job this weekend, along with the fronts (which seem to be much easier). Dropping the subframe looks intimidating, but your video shows that it shouldn't be too hard. Thanks for posting! One thing I think I will do - - use a paint marker on either side of the bushing clamp before taking off the old one, in order to line it up perfectly with the bolt holes when putting on the new bushing. Might save alot of time and headache of having to use a mirror to line it all back up again.
That’s a good idea .
2018 Acura RDX rear sway bar bushing that i replaced the slot opening is at a different location does that matter?
I took a stab at the bushings on my 2007, and there's much less room. Is it hard to drop the subframe more than what you did? I'd need at least another inch.
You can drop it a bit more than inch. What you can do, leave the other 3 bolts then remove 1 bolt all the way. So you can see how far it goes it
@@autopurlieu I finally gave it a another stab. Took my time and in the end it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I lowered all subframe bolts as much as possible without coming off, then took the frontmost subframe bolt out on the side I was working on in order to give a little maneuvering room. The main issue is clearance; if you have thinner arms and small hands it's not a problem. On the driver side I ended up removing the rear bushing bolt by reaching in from the rear and using a rachet. For the front bolt I went in from the front (and under) and used a racheting box wrench. On the passenger side I went in from the wheel well to loosen, start, and tighten the bushing bolts with the rear the exception of starting the front on by going in from underneath.
Thanks for your video - definitely gave me the inspiration to do it.
Honda designed their vehicle so hard to get into where needed to replace that parts, and I see that Honda vehicles are rusted faster than the Toyota vehicle. Honda manufacturers need to improve their vehicles.
Without the music, this would be a perfect video
Thank you , I’m getting better with editing