Thread: Spigot bush replacement

Hey all

Going to be replacing the spigot bush in Disco Daisy next weekend. Any hints, tips, advice from others who have done this would be greatly appreciated

Soaking the new bush in oil? Just engine oil? How long? I've seen a lot of posts saying overnight is all that's needed but I've also seen one saying a week.

I've watched a video on YouTube of one being removed using grease and I've seen that method described a couple of times on here. I'm guessing that's the best way. Has anyone not had any joy with that? How did you get it out instead?

The grease trick usually works. the hardest part is getting a good seal, you can use heat shrink tubing to expand a socket to suit as well as electrical tape.
if you use a socket place a nut inside the socket and then pack the drive with bluetack (or similar) and wind a bolt with a large washer through from the square drive end and nip it up tight. drive on the hex of the bolt. This stops you from damaging the socket and loosing grease pressure through the drive.

you can also "cut" a groove in it with a scoring knife or hacksaw then collapse it out with a chisel but make sure you've cut it to full depth before you start.


to hasten the "packing" of the bearing with oil, stand it on a piece of rubber, (an old balloon or rubber glove works well) and then fill the bush with oil. place another bit of rubber on top so it will seal up and then compress it with your hand. it might take 10 or 12 attempts but eventually it will begin to "sweat" oil once its sweating its packed.

you can also put the bearing in a tin and put it ontop of something warm while immered in oil, a zip boil or wood heater is usually good, in the engine bay of your car also works.