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Rear bushing subframe to body shell - is this it should look like?
Having gotten all bushings replaced by a workshop, I'm now installing everything back again. But now I see that the large diameter rubber bushings that goes between the subframe and the body shell seem to have separated partly from the subframe where it was pressed in! Or should it look like in the pictures below? I removed the mounting bracket again that goes underneath the bushing to investigate
I have to agree with you. That doesn't look right and not sure it will pull up when tightened. A little cocked.
You can see the sub frame has the pattern on the top that shows it touches the area around the bushing to the car uni body.
Might be wrong, but like you, I would take it apart and check.
It's definitely wrong. The Jaguar spec is that the rubber flange should be pressed in to within at least 1.5 mm. Difficult to be sure from your photos, but the bush must also be orientated like this
Also note it should be held in place with an epoxy adhesive.
Thanks alot. I will have to remove them, get them in correct position with epoxy adhesive. Since they are clearly not glued in place and have almost popped out already, maybe it will be possible to press them out fairly easy without too much force applied?