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disco truck.
boss:
ahh well here in lies the problem they are the origional landrover bushes(i think) its mainley that, they are rock hard! but i cant get the arms off at the moment because its lifted and the springs are being pulled back as i havnt got the cranked arms on there(you auto cad drawing will explain that better). also pushing those old bushes out of there will be a nightmare, anyone got any advice in how to get them out? looking at pollybush voids but i can only find them on scrap iron racings site and im not giving them any of my money!
the springs are OME HD....definatley the wrong rates, especially on the rear. should do something about that but monies needs to be diverted to more important things like rocksliders, snorkel and some hoses(found a big split in one the other day!)
boss:
bumpers done....ish i dont really like it and if it were my chouce i wouldnt have one but apparentley i need one to pass mot
landymadjay:
y u got to have one for the mot.
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: boss on March 06, 2008, 20:19:21 ---bumpers done....ish i dont really like it
--- End quote ---
Personal prefereance, but a single scaffold pipe just looks to skinny for my liking, maby if you used a larger diameter tube and rather than have it horivinatal, have the ends raised up. Kind of like the rear of Dans (aka extreme90) bobtail 90.
For removing old metalastic bushes, if there old enough the central tube(s) with most of the rubber should fall/push out without too much trouble. If the bushes are in too good a condition for the middles to just push out the other methods like chain drilling, drill then jig saw or just burning the rubber out should all work, leaving just the outer shell. Carefully cut through the outer shell in one place with a hacksaw as far as you can (without cutting the radius arm) to weaken it and then set to with a good hammer and a selection of punches to drive it out.
Disco-andy:
for getting the old bushes out i have a dirt cheep hole saw with the drill cut off, run it through each side on the pillar drill and the rubber is gone. then cut through the outer metal with a hack saw and job done. i do tend to make a mess of hot rubber going every were mine!
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