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Offline andc1

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Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« on: 26 June 2012, 11:12 »
If there is such a thing!

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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #2 on: 26 June 2012, 12:19 »
Its not so much fitting the new ones.... its removing the old ones thatll make you cry  :cry:
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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #3 on: 26 June 2012, 12:25 »
Ohhh yes, hardest part of the job.

Best drill out the rubber and remove everything first, then youl need either a bloody good chisel I used a elect heavy duty one and smashed it out in the end,

Or use a hacksaw and inverting the blade to cut a slice of the cage then crush it inwards to make it easier to remove from the axle.

The polybush above after we cleaned the axle went it quite easy without any speacial tools just a rubber mallet  :wink:
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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #4 on: 26 June 2012, 12:35 »
super pro bushes come in 2 bits so would probably be easy to fit

Offline harlemex

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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #5 on: 26 June 2012, 13:41 »
poly bushes  :cool:

Offline JimBR

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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #6 on: 26 June 2012, 18:05 »
Superpro.

Probably the best quality polybush too.

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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #7 on: 26 June 2012, 20:16 »
Lovely cheers, best place to getbthe super pro ones?

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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #8 on: 26 June 2012, 20:53 »
Awesome, eBay, Demon Tweeks.

Not really much variation in price really.

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Re: Easiest rear beam bushes to fit?
« Reply #9 on: 26 June 2012, 21:11 »
Ohhh yes, hardest part of the job.

Best drill out the rubber and remove everything first, then youl need either a bloody good chisel I used a elect heavy duty one and smashed it out in the end,

Or use a hacksaw and inverting the blade to cut a slice of the cage then crush it inwards to make it easier to remove from the axle.

The polybush above after we cleaned the axle went it quite easy without any speacial tools just a rubber mallet  :wink:

The skill is doing it on the drive, with the car on axle stands, without taking the beam off,On your own, with hand tools. Lol :grin:
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