Subframe bushings do wear out. The rears are impossible to see.
If you’ve got well over 100,000 miles, it’s time for new ones. Buy new washers and bolts. They’re not hard.
Jack up the car. Support it where you can get at the rear bushings - ramps work, but it’s tight. Remove one bolt at a time. Then a 1/4” drill bit and drill the edge of the bushing shell, which is plastic. Pry out the bushing. Put a 1/4” prybar or chisel between the subframe and the frame, then use an old bolt, and old washer, with a couple of bolts as spacers, to draw the new bushing in. Repeat four times.
Bushing and bushing tool shown. The socket head screws are aligned with the depresssions in the bushing itself, so that the tool pushes on the shell, not the rubber.
Last edited by Astro14; 11-16-2022 at 06:41 PM.
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