This morning I started with the anti roll bar bushes. The two middle ones were the easiest. It is important to have the opening of the bushes at the long end of the bracket.
The two smaller bushes on the little arm took a bit more effort. First I tried to push them out with a c-clamp, but that didn't work. Then I tried a knife and cut them out, that didn't work either
. I searched in my toolbox and found a bolt, nut, washer and a old socket. That worked, with a vice I was able to push it out with not a lot of effort. The socket was prepared 30 years ago for the pully of my Simca Ariane.
Parts and tool disassembled
Because the rubber is probably vulcanised in the housing, part of the rubber stayed in it. How to remove this?
I found a 25mm high speed wood drill which fitted perfectly. With a really slow speed I was able to scrape most of the rubber out of the housing without damaging the housing.
The rest I cleaned with a wire brush.
The new bushes popped in easily with some help of ms. Dobiwallahs dish washer liquid.
the other side had a metal cylinder in the bush. I prepared the bush with some grease. The bushes have a surface inside which is holding the grease tight if you press the cylinder in.
Pushing the cylinder in.
Et voila, almost done!
The trailer arm bushes was a different story. Again I tried several methods without success. On the end I found a large socket which I bought several months ago to get the wheels off of my sons Primera P10. The socket was not long enough to pull the old bushes totally out, but the last 10mm I could pull out by hand.
That's how the old bushes looks like. It looks like nothing is wrong with it, but in the meantime my rear tire was wearing out excessively. My toe was over 1 degree.
That doesn't look too bad inside
New vs old bushes
You get plenty of grease with the strongflex bushes
The bushes sliding in easily.
This is how I first tried to push the metal cylinders in. They went in, but on the other end the bushes came out. Not a success.
A gap between the frame and bush. I did this one three times.
I tried to push it back on this way, but that didn't work
This is the best way to do it. Push it in from the thick side side to the thin wall side with a threaded rod and a large washer at the thin wall side.