Drift for rear spring hanger bushes

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Webley1991

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• May 16, 2012

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Can anyone post the dimensions I would need to make a drift for knocking the old rear spring hanger bushes out?

I could soon turn one up if I had some dimensions to work from.

Thanks for the info.

 

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• May 16, 2012

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Better to cut them out and press them in.

 

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Webley1991

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• May 16, 2012

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Is there any reason that cutting out is preferable to using a turned drift and hammer to tap them out?

 

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• May 16, 2012

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Webley1991 said:

Is there any reason that cutting out is preferable to using a turned drift and hammer to tap them out?

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Ya hammer won't be big enuff..

 

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• May 16, 2012

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tap !

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• May 16, 2012

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http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f6/spring-hanger-bushes-187692.html#post1966064

 

crashbox

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• May 16, 2012

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You will end up bending summat if you try to tap them out. Use a press to get the spring bushes out and burn then hacksaw the outer sleeve on the chassis bushes then drift out with a chisel.

 

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• May 16, 2012

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Agreed

 

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• May 16, 2012

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crashbox said:

You will end up bending summat if you try to tap them out. Use a press to get the spring bushes out and burn then hacksaw the outer sleeve on the chassis bushes then drift out with a chisel.

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hmmmm - normal method is to burn the rubber (hold breath for 5 minutes while doing it) - this lets the inner sleeve push out real easy - then heat,hammer,drift, swear at, saw, struggle till the outer sleeve is gone

 

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• May 16, 2012

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You need something HOT to burn them out to I cocked around with a butane blow torch for ages with no joy then borrowed a yellow MAP one and it did it in no time.

Also I found that two of the bushes did just tap out when I gave it some persuasion by heating up the chassis, a bit more gently.

The new ones went in a bit easier when I gave the tube they sit in some heat (to expand it ) and the chassis bush cooled down in a bucket of water. Would have been better to put it in the freezer but I forgot!

Have to say the one one the O/S front was a real pain in the arse to get out. In the end cutting out was the only real option. Do be careful not to cut the tube it sits in though!