Thread: Replacing front suspension bushes

I have done it buy using bolt, nut, some really thick washers( or some plate) and a socket with the same diamerter as the hole as a die.

I have only installed bushes like this may be hard to remove bushes as they will have rusted in there. A bit of heat from map gas may help get them moving? i doubt it though.

I'm sure some else will have better way of doing it.

If you're planning to do more work yourself, keep an eye out for a small workshop press from Supercheap etc. I think I paid $80 (on special) for mine and its paid for itself many times over.

Before I got the press I did quite a few bushes on different vehicles with a combination of butchery, vice, sockets, large hammers, cold chisels, gas torches etc.
It can be done but a small press makes it sooooo much easier.

Make sure when you put it back together that the large bolts through bushes are done up TIGHT. If you're doing it on your back under the car you need to have: clenched cheeks (both ends), bulging neck veins, and (since you're in QLD) pouring sweat. If not, they will be loose the next time you give it a decent workout.

Steve

You could probably remove the old metal cased bushes using a hacksaw. The Superpro bushes can be fitted with a bench vice and a couple of blocks of wood or steel on one side to allow the bush to push through.

Make sure you use plenty of silicone grease, might even pay to get an extra tube in case the little packets they supply isn't enough.

If you can leave it a week or two, I have a 20 ton press here but it is in pieces from when I moved house. I haven't sorted a spot to put it yet but should have everything sorted soon.

I just had a look on ebay and you can get 12 ton presses for around $150 plus shipping.

Like I said if you can wait a bit, I should have mine set up soon, it makes the job a lot easier.

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I did mine a few weeks ago , a little uncomfortable without a hoist , but easily doable.
I figured that the money I would have spent paying someone else was better spent on a press .
Now I have new superpro bushes and a 30t workshop press

A huge thanks to jboot51 for giving me a hand today! Genuine top fella. without his help, I would have really struggled, and probably still not managed to fit them.

Your welcome,
A good days work indeed.

Nice one.

What technique was used? A press, or something more fun?