Ok so As some of you may know I ordered a set of poly bushes a while ago and only half came... I have now ordered the remaining bushes now and am debating fitting them myself vs getting them fitted by a garage! What would you expect to pay for a full car set of bushes to be fitted?
To do it properly you would need a press and the press tools. When we did the shock absorber bushes on mine they were impossible without a press and the tools
I can get a 10 ton press with the tools for about £180 so not worried about that! It's more the pro vs con of buying a press or getting a garage to do it!
Ok well I decided I have given up trying to get hold of a garage now and figured I would give it a go myself! Bought a 12 ton press and a bunch of universal bush push / pullers for about £150 as figured they were useful to have anyway! So I'm going to have a go at it myself over the next few weekends! Also bought a blowtorch and plus gas for the bolts and burning out the bushes! And a hacksaw for cutting out the metal outer bush rings/races! Can't be much harder than the rally car bushes!
Tools have turned up! They look mega! 12t press and a full set of universal bush extracters along with various hack saws and drill bits... need to reorganise my garage to fit the press in now and then will be able to crack on this weekend hopefully!
The press is awesome and will happily remove all the bushes with the bush puller fittings! We pressed out the biggest bush first and while it took a lot of pressure it just popped out!
Now for the bad news!
We can't get the new bush in! And we have damaged one so have given up for now to contact powerflex for further instructions!
we already filed it down as much as we felt comfortable doing but I guess you might be right... apparently boiling the bush in water may help soften it for fitting too!
we already filed it down as much as we felt comfortable doing but I guess you might be right... apparently boiling the bush in water may help soften it for fitting too!
It won't harm to file a leading edge on the bush, once fitted, this part will be on the outside of the joint
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