Replacing Front Control Arm Rear Bushes
Replacing Front Control Arm Rear Bushes
One of my front control arm rear bushes has been leaking for bout 18mths now, just recently the other one started too. I have since found out not adjusting them after installing raised springs has killed them!
So I got these:
Control Arm Rear Bush (Castor)- SuperPro
They even come in Subaru blue!
Only now I need some help installing them. I should be right putting them in by using a vice to press them in. I was going to try using a vice to push the old ones out using either sockets (dont think mine are big enough) or 2 sizes of pipe, one the size of the housing, the other the size of the sleeve.
Will this be hard? Any better way of doing it? Also, does anyone know what size pipe I would have to use?
So I got these:
Control Arm Rear Bush (Castor)- SuperPro
They even come in Subaru blue!
Only now I need some help installing them. I should be right putting them in by using a vice to press them in. I was going to try using a vice to push the old ones out using either sockets (dont think mine are big enough) or 2 sizes of pipe, one the size of the housing, the other the size of the sleeve.
Will this be hard? Any better way of doing it? Also, does anyone know what size pipe I would have to use?
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When getting my bushing in/out the rear diff in Maple I put the blowtorch quickly to the outer ring and then pressed it using a similar method you just described.NachaLuva wrote:One of my front control arm rear bushes has been leaking for bout 18mths now, just recently the other one started too. I have since found out not adjusting them after installing raised springs has killed them!
So I got these:
Control Arm Rear Bush (Castor)- SuperPro
They even come in Subaru blue!
Only now I need some help installing them. I should be right putting them in by using a vice to press them in. I was going to try using a vice to push the old ones out using either sockets (dont think mine are big enough) or 2 sizes of pipe, one the size of the housing, the other the size of the sleeve.
Will this be hard? Any better way of doing it? Also, does anyone know what size pipe I would have to use?
To get the new one in was easier - I just heated the hell out of the housing and then pushed the bushing in much easier.
Not sure what the legit method is ... But interested.
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I dont have a blow torch but I thought I might try a heat gun. Alloy is very conductive so if I get it nice & hot it might expand enough to make it easier...good idea
Now I just gotta work out what size pipes I need...
Now I just gotta work out what size pipes I need...
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OK, got some pipe, smoothed out the inside so I dont cut the polyurethane. Just havent built up the courage to pull em out yet. Kinda stuck if I cant do it as you can imagine....
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Best way to replace them is to buy a set of these and no pressing required
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WHITELINE-KC ... 257d2cb7bc
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WHITELINE-KC ... 257d2cb7bc
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Got the bushes out easily enough by welding a HT bolt to a plate & a piece of RHS for a handle, some pipe & my 2' breaker bar.
Couldn't get the new ones in though so I went across the road to a friendly mechanic who let me use his press...oh so easy!
I made a little mistake though...who can pick it?
Couldn't get the new ones in though so I went across the road to a friendly mechanic who let me use his press...oh so easy!
I made a little mistake though...who can pick it?
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I put the new bushes in the wrong way! They should be facing with the offset facing outwards (pushes the control arm out & forward for more caster & I think also more camber), which I thought they were, but I had the housing upside down, therefore sides reversed. Didnt notice till I went to put them in! Had to go back to the mechanic, press em out & back in again. 2nd time around was easy, only took bout 15min all together.
Whats annoying is I believe in "measure twice, cut once" so I checked the bush orientation then rechecked then checked again, never noticed I had the housing upside down
I put the new bushes in the wrong way! They should be facing with the offset facing outwards (pushes the control arm out & forward for more caster & I think also more camber), which I thought they were, but I had the housing upside down, therefore sides reversed. Didnt notice till I went to put them in! Had to go back to the mechanic, press em out & back in again. 2nd time around was easy, only took bout 15min all together.
Whats annoying is I believe in "measure twice, cut once" so I checked the bush orientation then rechecked then checked again, never noticed I had the housing upside down
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