Hello all, my differential bushing in the rear subframe is blown.

I saw someone on youtube inject his blown subframe bushing with 5-minute epoxy. I have a few questions...

First, what happens if I do nothing? Will something else wear out or break?

Has anyone here injected epoxy or silicon or other things into their blown diff bushing to "fix" it? Did it work? Is that a stupid idea?

Thank you in advance for the abuse I might receive for considering this.

 

I think its a pretty reasonable fix, Motorvate posted the video here:


and an update on it after a year here:


Nothing will happen if you don't fix it except the rear will continue to be sloppier than it should be...this happens so gradually over time that most people don't really notice it and only notice how much better it is once they fix it...essentially the bushing is just a component that is designed with a certain amount of give to reduce NVH, people replace them with different versions with more or less give to them (i.e. solid, Poly, rubber/fluid (factory))...the epoxy solution is just another medium with its own NVH characteristics which are probably somewhere between factory and poly...considering how much cheaper and easier the solution is its really quite a reasonable way to fix it even if it only lasts a couple of years...

 

Thanks buddy! So many smart people here. That settles it, I am gonna try it. I'll do it in the afternoon and let it cure for at least 24 hours though, just to make sure it's nice and hard.