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I try to fill up at the light. When the low fuel light comes on I have reliably had 5-6 gallons left in the tank. Light came on at 503 miles, but I typically get 450 miles to the light. I filled up at 519 miles and put in 34.8 gallons. Cruiser gets much better economy at 60-65mph than it does at 75-80mph
i have done the job on all three of my 100 series, getting the bushings out was easy, getting the new ones in properly was a challenge but with a little patience and a little shifting the rack around its not too bad a job. pro tip, dont tighten down any of the bolts or the u-bolt style bracket until you get all the bushings in and seated properly, you need that play in the rack to get to the smaller bushings. I did not disconnect any of the steering components either.
The little bushings just pulled out with a screwdriver? Or did you have enough room to press them out somehow?
what year is your LC? the bushings are different. on the 98-02 you just pry or push the bushings out with a screwdriver or something. the 03-07 have bushings pressed in metal sleeves that are very difficult to remove(from what i hear).
yes, flat head and just pop them out, if they are really worn they will come out quite easily
one more thing. my pressed in bushings looked ok. it was just the D shaped one that was obviously slipping. you might get 80% of the improvement with 20% of the work by just replacing the D first. just a thought.
The little bushings were not coming out easily for me, so I jammed a big screw driver (handle hanging below the frame) on the bushing between the sleeve and rack and use my floor jack to push on the handle of the screw driver and ultimately push the bushing out. Piece of cake.
