MMMM: Memorable Moments in Madison Motorsports

[Jake]

Remember when we drove the other JMU Bangbus to VIR, got a room that smelled like a dead hooker rotting in a giant ashtray, squeezed 7+ people in it, Chris Chrzan and Levey built (and slept in, if I remember right) a pillow fort, and I slept under the sink? I dunno which hotel that was, but I'm guessing its one of the same ones you guys are talking about...

That was the 100-mph-Caravan, we stayed at the Innkeeper in Danville (ick) and yes, Chris Chrzan/Levey and Steve Plante collectively constructed Madison Motorforts. :mrgreen:

I think I ended up hollowing them out and then going at them with a hacksaw and/or continuing to wail on it with my screwdriver and hammer until I can deform the metal sleeve enough to break the seal with the trailing arm, and then chisel around between the bushing and arm to finally free it from its rusty grave.

So that was awful, but thank god the new ones "don't have to be pressed in." Then I instantly realize what they mean by that is "you should probably still have a handheld bushing press of some sort, you just don't need to drop out the entire goddamn assembly and use a hydraulic press." So I spend the next few hours trying to hammer these goddamn poly bushings into place that seem .000000001% too big for the hole. Ugh.

I think you used a little hacksaw.

Important to note - we definitely left ALL of our tools and car keys outside alongside the cars when we left.

Those poly bushings slip in very easily if you coat 'em in dish soap, I learned that when I helped my friend Kenny do them on his E46. Took like 5 minutes.