Re: Rear suspension bush leaking something
Hi Again.
It seems to me that many people are making a mountain out of a molehill with this job.
It’s not an easy job but certainly not beyond a reasonably competent DIY mechanic with basic tools.
After doing several sets of these bushes I found the way I described above the easiest way.
The only tools I used was a socket set, spanners, two trolley jacks, two axle stands hacksaw, chisel, club hammer, M12 stud nuts and washers and some heavy gauge steel plate (I have since discovered four tyre levers and two large sockets will make better spacers for pulling the new bush in, A drill with a carbide sander, it really wasn’t a problem to do just time consuming.
As I said earlier 5 hours if you can get a friend to help.
You will not move these bushes with an ordinary wind out extractor they are very tight, it takes a couple of minutes to saw them out once you have removed the centre.
As for the sanding I used a medium carbide disc for about 1 minute on each bush they will still be very tight to get in but not impossible.
Even if you overdo the sanding they cannot move because of the way they bolt up, the collars are opposed to each other.
Don’t try to drop one side and do it because the angle of the beam will exert too much pressure on the other bush and start it leaking,(as I found out with the first one I did) it takes 20 minutes to drop the beam and makes life so much easier.
Hope this helps.
P.S you will need a couple of pairs of mole grips to clamp the brake flexi hoses this will stop you loseing all your brake fluid.
Hi Again.
It seems to me that many people are making a mountain out of a molehill with this job.
It’s not an easy job but certainly not beyond a reasonably competent DIY mechanic with basic tools.
After doing several sets of these bushes I found the way I described above the easiest way.
The only tools I used was a socket set, spanners, two trolley jacks, two axle stands hacksaw, chisel, club hammer, M12 stud nuts and washers and some heavy gauge steel plate (I have since discovered four tyre levers and two large sockets will make better spacers for pulling the new bush in, A drill with a carbide sander, it really wasn’t a problem to do just time consuming.
As I said earlier 5 hours if you can get a friend to help.
You will not move these bushes with an ordinary wind out extractor they are very tight, it takes a couple of minutes to saw them out once you have removed the centre.
As for the sanding I used a medium carbide disc for about 1 minute on each bush they will still be very tight to get in but not impossible.
Even if you overdo the sanding they cannot move because of the way they bolt up, the collars are opposed to each other.
Don’t try to drop one side and do it because the angle of the beam will exert too much pressure on the other bush and start it leaking,(as I found out with the first one I did) it takes 20 minutes to drop the beam and makes life so much easier.
Hope this helps.
P.S you will need a couple of pairs of mole grips to clamp the brake flexi hoses this will stop you loseing all your brake fluid.
