Rear Bilstein LOWER replacement bushings?

[Paul Wegweiser]

Anyone out there found a suitable lower bushing replacement for rear Bilsteins? My rear shocks are fine, but the lower bushings where they mount to the trailing arms are mighty toasty.

Online there are a bunch of different ones listed here and there, but I want to get the right stuff the first time.

I have a set of E9 rear Bilsteins (BRAND NEW in box) that I can harvest these from, but I really don't want to cannibalize perfectly good, brand new shocks!

*These are for an E3, but I expect the bushings to be the same for E9.

Many Thanks!

 

[sfdon]

Bilstein is in Poway and still selling the 24-008136
call and buy some bushings?

 

[stphers]

If they don't sell separately , get a piece of Delrin rod and whip up some on a lathe

 

[Paul Wegweiser]

Bilstein is in Poway and still selling the 24-008136
call and buy some bushings?

Thanks sfdon! I expected a PITA run-around with Bilstein... but I got an extremely helpful tech guy that gave me the part number for the bushing as well as the sleeve - and told me Summit Racing has them in stock in Ohio. I ordered them from Summit Racing for a total of $8.00 plus shipping... and once I have them in my hand, I'll be able to verify they are correct. The gamble is cheap... so we'll see!

For reference, the part numbers supplied to me are:

Bushing: E4-B46-56A
steel sleeve inside bushing: E4-B46-60U1

Cheers!

Paul

 

[hans3]

Would these also be suitable for the original Boge's? ID is probably fine but don't know about the OD.

 

[Paul Wegweiser]

Would these also be suitable for the original Boge's? ID is probably fine but don't know about the OD.

Excellent question! I can measure them when they arrive and report back!

 

[bavbob]

Yes, tech guy by the name of Junior was great. Top bushings are costly from BMW and not sold individually by Bilstein but bushings made by Bilstein for a Buick had a different part number but identical and sold alone for just a few bucks. Junior did the homework for me, called me etc.

 

[Paul Wegweiser]

Well... the bushings arrived and although they are correct for COUPE rear shocks, they are considerably too small for the E3 / Bavaria shocks by quite a bit!

I'll call Bilstein and verify the application using numbers off the shock: B46-0819 again.

The ballpark size I need (according to my very-near caliper with a dead battery) is:

length: 48mm
outer diameter: 41mm
inner diameter before installation of steel sleeve: 18mm

The ones sent were smaller in every way...so if one of you needs them for your COUPE.. let me know. $15.00 including USPS Priority mail in a small flatrate $7 box. They're useless to me, as I don't expect to replace these on my CSi anytime soon.

Cheers!

Paul