So... how much should I expect to pay a garage to press a full set of bushes out of the wishbones when they're off the car?
I managed to bust the vice doing it myself tonight, so it's either get someone else to do them (and pay) or get hold of a hydraulic press. The 6
ton ones seem to be going for around £70 on ebay...
Make a press. Cheap bottle jack and £10s worth of RSJ, and a bit of welding.
Failing that, it depends what sort of garage you find. A big shiney garage will be £85/hour or a grubby garage will charge you a fiver for the tea
fund.
I might drop round a couple Thursday then. I'm trying to justify buying one, but I can only see it used for this purpose? Plus I've only got
2 cars that need doing
Set fire to them with a blow lamp. Not the 'greenest' method but works for me 
Did try that, ended up running out of gas 
Just concentrate on getting the metal as hot as poss, then that'll melt and set fire to the rubber.
I have in the past drilled them out.
Drill all around the rubber bush to weaken it and then remove with drivers and such.
Yep burn them out, use a bit of threaded bar and some penny washers, tighten the nuts either side to press the new ones them back in.
I like to drill a few holes and use fire, gives more surface area for the flames to attack and speeds things up. There are few things more satisfying in life that seeing a burning bush plop to the ground out of a wishbone unaided.
Persevere - with the heat & mell - should be easier with them off the car.
One set I did , cannot recall on what, I cut the rubber bush out once I had torched it, then put the blade of my hacksaw through the bush and sawed it
into two bits
Then took a No2 mell to it once split.
Errr.... if you fancy a trip down to Cornwall...... I'll press them out just for a chat over a pint....
I normally remove them with a bit of threaded rod and a couple of sockets one just smaller than the ID of the wishbone and one just bigger and pull the bush into the bigger socket normally works for me
Concentrate the heat on the metal side of the bond between rubber and metal, after that hacksaw and peel back the annular metal part with a cold chisel.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Concentrate the heat on the metal side of the bond between rubber and metal, after that hacksaw and peel back the annular metal part with a cold chisel.
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Originally posted by zilspeed
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Concentrate the heat on the metal side of the bond between rubber and metal, after that hacksaw and peel back the annular metal part with a cold chisel.
What he said - especially the second bit.
Hacksaw a split in the outer sleeve.
Fold it in on itself with a chisel.
It falls out at that point.
Threaded road, nuts, washers, etc to pull the new ones in.