My new tool from Laser Tools arrived today and 15 minutes later the old top bush was out and the new one in.
Hub, axle, brakes all left in place. Pic attached.
One thing that will be of interest: I removed the seals from both old bushings to get a clear inspection of them. The top one still has good grease in it and was in quite reasonable condition. The bottom one was a different story as the grease or what might have once been grease was unlike any old grease I have ever seen. It was almost "stone" like and when I washed all internals of the bush it was clearly toast with significant wear. Injecting grease as some others have done was never going to fix this. IMO: Replace them!
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