I'm so embarssed, I probably shouldn't admit this on the forum... but I'm sure it won't go past these walls...LOL.
Allow me to preface this story... I'm 46, I've been a motorhead since I was 17. I've been in the bodyshop business for almost all my adult life and have
almost every tool imaginable either in my toolbox or at my disposal.
I had my JCW tuned by RMW and it ended up with a peak torque of 250 ftlbs at the wheels. The car obviously has enough torque to pull you back into the seat hard.
I decided that one of the mods I should do is the torque arm insert made out of polyurethane instead of the stock rubber. I order an insert from NM engineering and they arrived but with no instructions. I mean, how hard could a set of urethane bushings be to install???
I've heard of guys doing this mod in a matter of minutes so obviously it can't be that hard especially when I have a lift and airtools to use.
Sooooo, I set the car up, pull the torque arm and insert the new bushings. I install the arm on the car and I have a small amount of vibration when in reverse. I figure with a harder bushing, it may have a minimal amount of vibration... no big deal.
I open my email and there is an email from NM engr'ing with their sale items. I browse the site and come across what? A set of PDF instructions for the torque arm??? Well, hell, who needs those... I mean, seriously, it was a matter of minutes to install them.
So I open up the PDF file and OMG, I am such an idiot...I CUT the rubber out of the arm and used the bushings by themselves (and the metal insert)
WHAT A FREAKIN' MORON....
Yaaaa, sure you know about cars...suuuure.
But remember, it just stays on this forum...
Mark
