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Changing bushes
extreme90:
wel i was grinning all day long on monday fixing it at the workshop :lol:
20 mins and it was all back together again
heat up and press out press new in refit tighten up job done
its very twitchy now tho on the road it was a nice drive before :(
even on those evil 35 inchers
danny
Snooky:
Buy the real ones, not the cheaper ones like I did from Paddocks, they fit and feel better, but are not cut as well as the official polybush set.
You can burn out the old bushes or use hole cutters to remove the rubber, not as messy, then cut out the outer bush, carefully with a hack saw.
To fit the trailing arm and front radius bushes we used a trolley jack to push the bushes home into the axles, my 90 was on axle stands anyway,
best ones to do are the shocks, good luck getting them fitted..... :lol:
extreme90:
ooo i dont bother with shock bushes, mine eats them with the flex on the old girl :cry:
as for polys ive got them and ive only got them for ease of fitment if i tare one apart whilst on a comp
but 2BH id rather have OEM bushes they just as gud ifnot better
just is i cant carry 25T press with me everwhere :roll:
danny
L90OOK:
Agree with you on the OEM bushes. Polys just put extra strain elsewhere...I bent a 10t press trying to get old bushes out...luckily it wasn't my press :lol:
I now have a spare set of f&r arms...change them & take arms to someone else to change bushes. :(biglaugh):
extreme90:
i smashed a piston in the press yesterday :oops:
needed to hold the damn thing down so i could take a few measurements applied a wee bit 2 much pressure :lol:
ill still be discovering bits of it this time next year afink
went pick a cup up to make a brew, wots init :roll:
bit of piston crown :lol:
oops is all i can say :roll:
was funny tho
danny
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