# s13 subframe bushing meltdown, need direction
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-subframe-bushing-meltdown-need-direction/214213
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [July 5, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-subframe-bushing-meltdown-need-direction/214213 "2011-07-05T14:51:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Green93SR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Green93SR)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-subframe-bushing-meltdown-need-direction/214213/1 "2011-07-05T14:51:24Z")
hey,
so is the idea just to set fire and melt the bushing out totally? i started one and the metal sleeve came out nice. so to me that was the easiest part. i am assuming that the rubber is the icing on the cake and will take eternity to get out completly…is this how everyone else prepares their subframe for solid bushings?
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### Author:  [@KYZAAC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KYZAAC)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-subframe-bushing-meltdown-need-direction/214213/2 "2011-07-05T16:55:18Z")
if the bushings are still in good shape its easier to cut the rubber around the center metal piece with a sawzall just so it doesn’t take so long burning them out. once its all the rubber is burned out there is a metel sleeve inside, if you have a sawzall make 2 vertical cuts about an inch apart from each other, careful not to go all the way through into the subframe, safest way would be to start the cuts with a sawzall then finish them off with a hacksaw. when that piece is out just pound it out with a screw driver.
hope that helps
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### Author:  [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-subframe-bushing-meltdown-need-direction/214213/3 "2011-07-06T04:44:18Z")
^i used a hacksaw (so I didn’t get carried away) cut towords the meat of the subframe, put a nice slot into the metal sleeve, then… air chisel…