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Litch:
I hate the throught of burning them out, all the smoke & smell of burning rubber but if that's what turns you on?

Just buy a hole-cutter (about a tenner for the arbor, pilot drill & hole-cutter) and cut through the rubber bush, each one takes about 2-minutes. With the rubber gone, use a hacksaw to cut through the sleeve which will then just tap out.
Clean-up the holes and just slide the new bushes into position. I use OE bushes and they have to be pressed in (I use a spacer & vice and/or hammer) but Pollybushes (are you using the genuine thing or a copy?) are a lot easier.

I did the whole vehicle in a day working on my drive with no press or heat so if you are only doing the radius-arms you should be done by lunch-time!

bombx3:
is it hard doing thr other bushes but not thr shocks as i done them last year .cheers

V8MoneyPit:
The panhard rod, front leading arms, rear trailing arms and A-frame all have metal sleeved bushes. All of these can be troublesome to get out.

Litch:
They CAN be hard but I found doing them the way I described earlier they weren't too much of a problem at all. As I said, I did the WHOLE vehicle in one day using no workshop tools or burning, it's the hole cutter that makes all the difference.
Make sure you get new fixings (nuts, bolts etc) before you start, you don't want to reassemble with the old ones and a complete kit is only about £15.

unknownmanxman:
If your hand with the hot spanner (oxy-acetyline) you can set fire to the first bush, then while thats burning, you can do something else, then just cut the metal outter casing of the bush out, it doesnt take too long..

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