pressing bushes

discoboy84 · Aug 4, 2009

right i spent an hour yesterday doing my hardest work out this year, on??

pressing bushes into my new cranked trailing arms,
i ended up removing all the paint inside the holes

and with my biggest vice and my extra long handle on, (plus a scaffy bar

)
i did this

is there an easier way to press them in witht the tools i have (normal tools)

the finished artical

:doh:

jimbot90 · Aug 4, 2009

ye tha iz,dont use them crappi standard bushs,n get some polybush or simular type uns.

discoboy84 · Aug 4, 2009

but i paid £1 for them and needed them now, next ones will be polys the fun i'll have getting it all out again

jimbot90 · Aug 4, 2009

hacksaw thru em in two places n that'll get ya enuf slack t get em out easy.

discoboy84 · Aug 4, 2009

if only the refitting was the reversal of removal

classic kev · Aug 5, 2009

20 Ton press? works for me!

andyb66 · Aug 5, 2009

classic kev said:
20 Ton press? works for me!

A 10 ton works for me

Dorset VogueSE · Aug 5, 2009

Used a 20 ton press to put mine in, the gauge was reading a steady 4 tons as they went in

Beast o Bodmin · Aug 5, 2009

I have no press so i drift them in useing a socket ,4"box section hammer and vice.

Gafferjim · Aug 7, 2009

To remove them is easy, burn the rubber out, the inner metal sleeve will easily push out once the rubber gets hot, then as said before, hacksaw through the outer metal sleeve, this will alow it to be easily drifted out.
also as already mentioned, fit the medium hardness polybushes, they just push in by hand.

classic kev · Aug 9, 2009

Gafferjim said:
To remove them is easy, burn the rubber out, the inner metal sleeve will easily push out once the rubber gets hot, then as said before, hacksaw through the outer metal sleeve, this will alow it to be easily drifted out.

Not when theres a bit of corrosion in there they don't:doh:

olmasters · Aug 10, 2009

Gafferjim said:
To remove them is easy, burn the rubber out, the inner metal sleeve will easily push out once the rubber gets hot, then as said before, hacksaw through the outer metal sleeve, this will alow it to be easily drifted out.
also as already mentioned, fit the medium hardness polybushes, they just push in by hand.

Doesnt look like the exploading bush scaremongers are in today

ratty · Aug 10, 2009

olmasters said:
Doesnt look like the exploading bush scaremongers are in today

Is that another term for 'angry missus'?

Gafferjim · Aug 10, 2009

classic kev said:
Not when theres a bit of corrosion in there they don't:doh:

Well I've just done both radius arms and link bar on my Disco no problem, you will however find it easier if you saw through the outer metal part of the bush in 2 places around 90º to each other. the biggest problem is not sawing into the main casting too much.

(Yes, the black smoke from burning the bushes out doesn't go down too well with the next door neighbour, especially if they have any washing out!!)

olmasters · Aug 10, 2009

ratty said:
Is that another term for 'angry missus'?

Well... near enough

Link

Pikey · Aug 10, 2009

FFS you lot don't half make an easy job sound difficult. Tis a five minute job ya great big fooking jessies..

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/done-my-front-radius-arm-bushes-79806.html

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