replacing my bushing with poly bushing

[fsrowsell]

I'm in the process of replacing my front bushing with Poly bushing... I have everything striped down except I'm having a hard time trying to get the lower pivot bolts to break free from the bushing in the lower wishbone.... Anyone have any tricks or I'm I better of sawing them and replace with new ones...

Cheers

Felix

[andydclements]

Big Birmingham spanner

[Simon350S]

I used a large ratchet to twist the bolt head and a pry bar against the body at the same time to push the bolt through.

They are a bitch. Didn't help one of mine was bent!

Good luck...

you gone for split bushes or the Lotus ones?

[Bibs]

(Neil @ Lotus will be in touch soon with, hopefully, a nice deal on entire bush kits, we've not forgotten!)

[Dave Freeman]

If you are fitting next week I would be happy to come over and give you a hand. Let me know.

Take care mate

dave

[Simon350S]

They getting any bush insertion tools made up too?

They really are a bitch to fit!

[fsrowsell]

I will give it another go this evening after work

[Dave Freeman]

Give me a call when you return

Dave

[fsrowsell]

Well do... I'm leaving this Saturday and returning on the 20th

[red vtec]

Felix,

Good to meet you at the weekend, any chance of a few pics of the rebushing? as I fear I need to do this on mine.

Thanks

Chris

[fsrowsell]

Same here Chris... Sure I can you some pics when the time comes...

Cheers

felix

[rogerch]

One important detail is that if you are doing the back crack the axle retaining nuts with car still on the ground. If you end up having to cut the bottom pin out as I did (see Jonathan's bit in LEW) you need to get the hub off. With the car in the air, no wheels and no easy way of holding the axle. is not the time to reflect "why didn't I think of that". I had an extension tube on the breaker bar, swinging off that the car was still walking up the incline of the drive before they finally cracked.

(they're tight)

Roger

[fsrowsell]

After a long battle trying to get the bottom bolt out I gave up

[andydclements]

The ones you show a close-up of are easy to get out, you'll have to be persistant with the big Metalastic ones. Either press them out with a big (10+ ton) press, or drill the rubber out, get the centre tube out then cut two lines in the outer shell of the bush using a hacksaw and them it should push out easily by hand.

[Sparky]

Felix - Trev's big press is at my house right now...

[Dave Freeman]

Hi Felix, did uhave a good holiday. Time now to do some work.

Dave

[fsrowsell]

Hi Sparky, that sounds like a plan.... I'll give you a call

Cheers

Felix

[Simon350S]

A good press is esssential for happy bush maintenance

[Sparky]

Uh-oh. Here we go...

[Simon350S]

1 simple rule to remember..... Theres no such thing as too much lube!

[andydclements]

Should we ask for this topic to merge with the other one, that seems to have morphed into a discussion about chocolate starfish?

[Sparky]

Thanks - I'll bear that in mind when I'm hard at it with Felix tomorrow night. It'll be awful tight.

[Simon350S]

Once you get the bulbous head in it should slip easily through. It is VERY tight though so expect some distortion of the head.

[andydclements]

Thanks - I'll bear that in mind when I'm hard at it with Felix tomorrow night. It'll be awful tight.

It's not the case if it's a normal size bush and a 5mm bolt.

[Gasman GT3]

While you have the wishbones off I would also do the anti roll bar bushes aswell.

Are you doing the rear bushes too?

I will post some pics of when I did mine.