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Tech Contest:Installing A-Arm Bushings

APEX 06

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09 Nytro XTX, 08 Apex Mtx
How to for replacing a-arm bushing.



From bottom to the top

Step#

1 remove the nose panel

2 headlight bolts

3 remove headlight bolts

4 removing hex head bolts

5 remove it

6 removing headlight pod

7 remove headlight pod from sled

8 remove 4 hex head bolts from intake boots

9 remove sensor

10 remove hose

11 remove hose from under air box

12 remove air box from intakes slowly

13 remove oil line

14 how it should look with out air box and headlight pod

15 remove strap from battery box
 

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Step 16-34 starting from the bottom up.

16 battery cap

17 remove battery cap

18 remove both top bolts for the battery holder

19 remove both bolts

20 remove the two lower bolts for the holder

21/22 remove fuses

23 nut on bolts for a-arm inside the engine bay.

24 top bolts for a-arms, same for both sides

25 lower bolts for a-arms same on both sides

26 cover the intakes with tape

27 remove bolts for a-arms

28 remove bolts for shocks

30 cap on a-arms

31 remove cap to see bushings

32 bushingd in a-arms need to be pop out

33/34 remove bushings from bulk head front and back
 

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Thanks for the info and the pics, which is one of the great things about this site, people always helping others out. ;)!
 
Thanks for the great writeup, definitely saving this to my favorites ;)!
 
Crewchief47 said:
Added to the Apex FAQ and both RX and RS forums

Thanks Crewchief ;)!
 
awesome diy, been looking for this for when i change mine..

sticky indeed

subaru2006
 
When do these bushings tend to need be replaced? My wife drives an 08 Apex with approx 4000kms, is this something I need to be looking into, or how can I tell if they need them replaced??? On my2010 apex, are they any different than the 08? Thanks.
 
shawnj said:
When do these bushings tend to need be replaced? My wife drives an 08 Apex with approx 4000kms, is this something I need to be looking into, or how can I tell if they need them replaced??? On my2010 apex, are they any different than the 08? Thanks.

From the reading I have done, it seems there is no real set of milage when they can go, meaning some gets lots of miles out of the factory ones and some hardly any.
I read once where spraying a lube all around the bushings so it creeps into them can help so if you have no plans to replce them this year then this is a good mtce tip.

Aren't the 10's greaseable? I thought they came from the factory with grease nipples already installed? (maybe it's the 11's?)
 


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