twase
28th April 2013, 07:45 AM
I replaced my Radius Arm bushes with genuine ones yesterday and it has eliminated my shakes. Only a little bit of wheel balance to speak of. It took an easy four hours to do and I thought I would share my technique with you. However I did not take any pictures but the words should be enough to picture the technique I used.
Tools needed apart from spanners.
Jacks and 4 axle stands. Two under the chassis and two under the front axle.
6 ton press.
Wood chisel.
Hacksaw.
Place the new bushes into the freezer.
I tethered the axle to the chassis to stop forward and rear movement with rope.
I removed both bars at the same time.
I pressed out the bush centres leaving the outer and most of the rubber remaining. The outer will have a coating of rust that will make it difficult to press the complete bush out easily.
Using the chisel I removed the rest of the rubber from the bush.
Thread the hacksaw blade through the bush and cut a slit through the bush outer without going to deep into the bar.
The outer will then pop out fairly easily.
Using a flapper drum clean up the inside of the bush mounting.
Spray wd40 inside the bush mount.
The bush should press in reasonably easily noting that only one side of the bar has a chamfer. You could probably hammer them in if you did not have access to a press.
Tools needed apart from spanners.
Jacks and 4 axle stands. Two under the chassis and two under the front axle.
6 ton press.
Wood chisel.
Hacksaw.
Place the new bushes into the freezer.
I tethered the axle to the chassis to stop forward and rear movement with rope.
I removed both bars at the same time.
I pressed out the bush centres leaving the outer and most of the rubber remaining. The outer will have a coating of rust that will make it difficult to press the complete bush out easily.
Using the chisel I removed the rest of the rubber from the bush.
Thread the hacksaw blade through the bush and cut a slit through the bush outer without going to deep into the bar.
The outer will then pop out fairly easily.
Using a flapper drum clean up the inside of the bush mounting.
Spray wd40 inside the bush mount.
The bush should press in reasonably easily noting that only one side of the bar has a chamfer. You could probably hammer them in if you did not have access to a press.