Thread: Radius arm bushes - removable with 12 tonne shop press?

Finally got around to this this afternoon. Have done 1/4 so far. The two diff bushes pop out easy enough but the chassis mount one makes you work. All over easily doable in the small 12 tonne press.

IME, only around half of them come out with a 20 tonne press. Putting them in is no problem.

Originally Posted by Red90

IME, only around half of them come out with a 20 tonne press. Putting them in is no problem.

Ditto.

I've near maxed out a 50t press on one shell on Deefer.

I must have gotten lucky then. So far I've done the drivers side front and both rears. The radius arm to diff bushes push out very easily and the radius arm to chassis bushes push out but make some noise on their way out!

Originally Posted by rick130

Ditto.

I've near maxed out a 50t press on one shell on Deefer.

I have....

oxy heat got it in the end.

When the press does not do it, I push out the rubber and cut the shell with a hacksaw. It only takes a few more minutes.

I use an air hammer to get mine out. I get the forked chisel and jam it under the outer steel section of the bush, a couple of blats on the trigger and again 180 degrees on the other side of the bush and out she pops. Just don't damage the arm where the bush presses in.

I did mine with my 12 ton press. Although the rear diff chassis bushes wouldn’t budge. They still looked ok and weren’t falling out like the others so I left them in place.