Time to fit the new bushes into the chassis. I cleaned and prepared the holes as much as possible.
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I made a puller to draw the bushes in.
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I coated the inside of the holes with copper grease, ground a chamfer on the leading edge of the new bushes then put them in the freezer overnight to shrink them a bit.
Things started well enough.
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The first of the rear ones went in really easily.
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The other rear one and one of the front ones went in with a bit of effort.
Then the last bugger went most of the way in but jammed with about 7mm sticking out.
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The piece of threaded bar was getting pretty tired by now and sure enough as I gave it a bit of stick it sheared.
At that point I decided to call it a day.
I made some improvements to the puller and used a really hefty coach bolt and tonight, finally, I managed to get it installed properly.
So that's the first new parts refitted to the chassis. I hope the rest goes back together easier.