Aframe bush replacement

[oldie]

My truck is presently in the Kimberleys and needs a bush replaced in the front of the rear A frame.

I have a replacement bush.

Is it possible to replace "on the road " with minimal tools. eg no press.

[PAT303]

If you can cut the old one out,I put mine on a fire and burnt the rubber out and cut the steel with a hacksaw and then used a bottle jack under a tractor to put the new one in. Pat

[roverrescue]

I have done rear upper link bushes and front lower link to diff bushes in a roadside stop
The worst thing is the little bits of gravel in the back of your head!

Either butchery as Pat suggests or you can make a pseudo puller using a long bolt and some big sockets. Depends how tight the bushes are in your arms...

S

[jboot51]

If it is the same as a pre 1998 model.....


Use a battery drill to punch a series of holes in the rubber and then elongate the holes until the guts is removed.
Use a hacksaw blade or sabersaw to cut the steel sleeve most of the way through.
Hammer and punch to deform the sleeve and it should fall out.


If you get some superpro bushes (SPF0128K), they will be much easier to put back in without a press.






Or find a spare set of arms and get the bushes fitted before you head back out. Disco and defender arms are the same.