JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 12:29 PM |
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fitting a bush
ive got the bush in the freezer, the wishbone de-rusted and lubed with a touch of copper grease, and the blowtorch ready. Have i missed anything? The
grease is just to help it in, not because i want to restart the crushtube debate! 
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ReMan
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 12:50 PM |
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Edges of hole deburred
The vice, to press it in with
Beer
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RichardK
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 12:51 PM |
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Nope, thats about all you need! you got the bush in a plaggy bag? didn't even use a torch although I did make a sleeve (same stuff as the wish
bone although with a bit of material out so the bush didnt stick inside that!) and then a bit of solid rod or a socket set drive to ram it down, the
problem I had was it mushrooming when forcing it in, the sleeve stopped that.
Cheers
R
[Edited on 24/2/11 by RichardK]
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 12:52 PM |
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Try it without the grease first as the body of the bush should twist not swivel inside the wishbone. If its a poly bush and you really need to use it,
use grease that hasn't got petrol or derivatives in it as it attacks the material - use moly
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 01:25 PM |
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Snicker, snicker, titter, phnahhh! Just me then?
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 02:01 PM |
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ive had to stop for a break 
Its the rear bush on the jeep and blooming enormous. And its tighter than i thought possible! Im currently using a g clamp and the mallet, and its
bloody slow! Would have been easier to get it off and have it pressed in but there are bolts i cant get undone. Might replace the g clamp with a bolt
through the packers now i think about it!
Cheers for the help, appreciated. 
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blakep82
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 02:40 PM |
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long bolt though the bush, and the tube, steel plates for the bolt to go through, and impact wrnech? sort of like a vice?
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 02:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
long bolt though the bush, and the tube, steel plates for the bolt to go through, and impact wrnech? sort of like a vice?
just done that, worked well til about 10mm left to go, and then its stripped the threads off. Bugger!
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 04:59 PM |
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ive now got it in a 30kgs vice, hitting the handle with a lump hammer, and its still not going the last bit! Is this excessive force?! Might have to
take it to get properly pushed in tomorrow
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 09:26 PM |
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done, in 11 hours! I've just remembered why i normally take it to a garage!
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