Fitting polly bushes

[whereufromnosecity]

I'm trying to fit some polly bushes in to my bottom arms, been trying with a vice and having no joy has anyone got any good tips or ideas for fitting these bushes?

Cheers

Stuart

[Giles]

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if you are out in the cold have you tried warming them up?

[Stevekid1]

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When I did mine I took them to my local garage/MOT station and for a very small fee they kindly pressed out the old ones and pressed in the new ones for me on a hydraulic press. Judging by the amount of pressure needed to do this I think trying to do it successfully at home would be extremely difficult.

[Andrew S]

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Hi Stuart

They should be pulled in and its an easy job in the vice if you use the likes of washing up liquid. It is important that the arm is clean and smooth.

You can buy a bush puller from Halfords

Andrew

[stustag]

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See Novembers Kingpin it shows you a puller/installer tool.

Stuart

[Giles]

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I used a press because I have got one - people tell me that you can fit poly in a vice but I doubt you would be able to fit the standard ones in a vice. You need to use the lube they provide and as long as you can keep it square a large vice would do I would have thought .

[DJT]

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Can you remove the s/s sleeve from the poly bush first? The ones I fitted years ago were a doddle. Unlike rubber ones, the sleeve wasn't bonded to the bush. With the sleeve out, the poly went in easily (with a bit of lube - ooer, Matron!) and then the sleeve went in afterwards.

Dave

[V8 Rumbler]

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A second set of hands to keep the arm straight whilst the jaws are closed is useful

Darren

[alan_thomas]

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DO NOT , as I did when I was doing this job 18mths ago, google 'bush removal'

:shock::shock::shock:

- Alan

[whereufromnosecity]

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Thanks for your speedy replies

Sorted in the end, my vice is a bit on thesmall side, but with using 2 pieces of wood and an extra pair of hands to keep the arm square in the vice they slid in quite easily.

But i will defiantly need a bigger vice or press for the bottom ball joints

Cheers

Stuart

[StagnJag]

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I used a bit of threaded bar to do mine. M10 from B&Q and a few nuts. The washers are from the subframe mounts and you need something tubular to leave a gap for the flange of the bush. In my case a 46mm ring spanner!!!! Just wind the nuts in to squish it all in!

Dave

[StagnJag]

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They compress to a frightening amount though before they 'pop' into place though:shock:.

[whereufromnosecity]

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Hi Dave

Good pics, the back end is next on the list once i've finished the front

Stuart

[StagnJag]

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Thanks.

Getting the old ones out is virtually the same, except I used two spanners! Not really ideal but that is all I had to hand. A couple of inches of scaffold tube would probably be better. I also drilled through the rubber to make it a bit more pliable and easier to remove.

Regards

Dave

[whereufromnosecity]

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Dave

My old bushes just pushed out by hand, i dont think my leaking power steering pipes and rack helped the bushes much

Funny how one job leads to another, i started off with just a service and fitting new power steering pipes, which then leadto a newrack and a suspension rebuildto sort out all my unwanted play in the steering, 2 months later and just about ready to rebuild.


Have you repainted the rear arms or did they justclean up well?


Stuart