A little tip when drilling out old bushes...

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Jaspermowatt

Jaspermowatt

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When you are changing bushes and don't have access to a heavy press, and have to drill the old bushes out, use a masonry drill bit rather than a metal/wood bit as it is far more effective.

Jasper
 
just drive a screwdriver or thin drift between the outer metal ring and the radius arm & they fall out.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/done-my-front-radius-arm-bushes-79806.html

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Pikey said:
just drive a screwdriver or thin drift between the outer metal ring and the radius arm & they fall out.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/done-my-front-radius-arm-bushes-79806.html

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thats the way to do it.... :rolleyes:
back in the day I used a cortina mk4 then mk5 for mini-cabbing,
always shagging out the void bushes - so it was either slit the steel location "ring" or like you bash anything that came to hand in to relieve the tension and it almost fell out - had to do the void bushed in the axle in the car !!!
still got my void bush insertion tool in me shed..
 
easye1 said:
thats the way to do it.... :rolleyes:
back in the day I used a cortina mk4 then mk5 for mini-cabbing,
always shagging out the void bushes - so it was either slit the steel location "ring" or like you bash anything that came to hand in to relieve the tension and it almost fell out - had to do the void bushed in the axle in the car !!!
still got my void bush insertion tool in me shed..
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We used mine to do the spring bushes on Beasties 109.. & very good job it did anorl.. :D
 
Ok, where am I going wrong? Done that 4 times on one radius arm bush. 1/4" driver all the way through. I see on your picture one of them you've done twice. Mine has been done in each quarter and still won't come out, braying like a mad man with the hammer :mad:
Drilled a hole through and put jig saw around it, but judging by the smoke coming off it, it was just fusing together again as the blade moved on :)

Could be getting the brazing torch out :D
 
My new bushes took 15 ton on a press to get in so they might not always come out easily. Thankfully the ones I removed were polys and were a doddle to get out
 
Al203 said:
Ok, where am I going wrong? Done that 4 times on one radius arm bush. 1/4" driver all the way through. I see on your picture one of them you've done twice. Mine has been done in each quarter and still won't come out, braying like a mad man with the hammer :mad:
Drilled a hole through and put jig saw around it, but judging by the smoke coming off it, it was just fusing together again as the blade moved on :)

Could be getting the brazing torch out :D
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These ^^^^^^^ were before I thought about using the Chimnea:D:D:D:D

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And then all done:cool::cool::cool::cool:

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Grimmer,
Scrolling down those pictures gave me a proper lol moment, from the two very neat sawing pictures to the chiminea! Tremendous. Great finish on the radius arms - did you shot blast them?
Using one of the above techniques, they will be out this weekend, one way or the other :D
 
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