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2nd April 2020, 16:35 | #1 |
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rear trailing arm front bush
need help i dont have the factory tool to remove the front bush other than a hammer, can some body post a pic, or tell me what they have used i have looked at bmw e36 bush removel tool i cant see that working as it is very simeler to the tools that i have
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2nd April 2020, 20:05 | #2 |
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what does the factory tool look like?
would any of these fit? https://www.sealey.co.uk/search?q=VSE4784&pageSize=36 macafee2 |
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2nd April 2020, 21:40 | #4 |
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if you have a copy of Rave, I've just found out the proper tool will be listed.
If you don't have Rave pm me and I'll look it up tomorrow, I'm off to bed macafee2 |
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Take a look at the attachment
The two leg "puller" fits into the cutouts of the bush flange, and with the smaller diameter mandrel pulls the bush out of the arm. The refitting device is a strongback with a threaded bar combined with a mandrel which sits on the rim of the trailing arm. So in absence of the correct tooling, you can cut out the rubber section, it doesn't have to be the full amount, enough to accommodate a hacksaw blade. Then cut carefully the aluminium housing of the metalastic bush, this relieves the hold the bush has on the trailing arm, and will allow it to be drifted out. Clean up the ring in the trailing arm, and a thin smear of grease on the surfaces, and the new bush can be then pulled in using a proprietary device fashioned from threaded bar, and something suitable to use as a strongback, I have various offcuts of steel plate which I use for such things..........it's a question of using your imagination Have fun, the last time I did this job was about two years ago, and it took me around an hour per side, the hardest job ironically was undoing the bolts securing the toe adjustment brackets Brian |
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Worth marking around the toe adjusting brackets so they go back in the correct place.
When I did mine I had to repaint the whole area so I put a straight edge up against each hub and marked where it touched the inner wheel liner. . Last edited by Mike Noc; 4th April 2020 at 09:28.. |
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