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  1. 4th May 2018, 10:03 AM #1
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    Question Radius arm bushes - removable with 12 tonne shop press?

    Anyone able to advise is a 12 tonne shop press is large enough for removing the bushes on the radius arms (front and back)?
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  2. 4th May 2018, 10:36 AM #2
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    Depends how stuck they are!!!
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    all depends......if it doesn't grab a hacksaw
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    have done defender ones with a 6 tonne press (supercheap auto model) required some heat and also had to cut rubber out and split the shell of the bush on the last one that refused to move.
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    Did my D2 ones with a Supercheap 6 tonne one, just, needed a new jack for it afterwards. It wasn't much problem for original bushes but castor correction bushes were much tighter.
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    Cheers. Gives me enough confidence to give it a go. If I have a few that want to fight I'll deal with them. Have Superpro bushes to fit in as the replacements.
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    Yes. Although my chassis bushes were stuck so I figured they didn’t need replacing. The 4 axle bushes came out and pressed in new ones easily. I used some pie off cut from the steel yard to press mine
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    Quote Originally Posted by twr7cx View Post
    Cheers. Gives me enough confidence to give it a go. If I have a few that want to fight I'll deal with them. Have Superpro bushes to fit in as the replacements.
    Let me know how you go... Doing mine soon with a 12 tonne.
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    Did all bushes on mine with no press at all.

    Just heated it up with a butane torch to smash the inner out, then hacksaw to the outer edge and hammer it out. Simple as!

    Put superpro back in, just a vice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeFriend View Post
    Did all bushes on mine with no press at all.

    Just heated it up with a butane torch to smash the inner out, then hacksaw to the outer edge and hammer it out. Simple as!
    Yes, I have done that before. An older Pajero had the front lower control arm rear bush mounted into the chassis so no way of putting it into a big press. But I'm not a fan of it over pressing out, it exposes you to toxins when burning, hacksaw risks scratching/damaging the cylinder that the bush sits into. It's just unnecessarily labour and roughness when theirs quicker and neater way to achieve.


    Quote Originally Posted by JoeFriend View Post
    Put superpro back in, just a vice.
    I've got Superpro replacements here so they'll be the easy bit...
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