marklawton
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how hard is it to drop the rear beam and fit new bushes?
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Ste L
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couple of bolt's...
getting the old bush's out can be a pain in the ass though
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DAZ1985
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easy enough i did it with the beam still on the car hanging on the dampers.
burn out the old then clamp new ones in
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marklawton
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daz - any chance you could write a quick guide for me?
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DAZ1985
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Wheels off
pins out for the beam
blown torch old ones
wire brush clean up
get new bushes and position them in
G clamp them in or make shift with a long bolt and washers
i might have missed something but just quick off top of my head
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Ste L
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Slacken all 4 bolts on both rear wheels (or 5 if youve been mad enough to go 5 stud)
Chock the front wheels (safety first)
Jack both sides of the car up and place on stands, id say higher the better, but its your call on that one.
Remove the rear wheels and place under the car infront of the stands (just incase) or just anywhere out of the way.
There are two methods for removing the rear bushes, ive only done it one way but i shall describe both so you can make your call on it
method 1
undo the top shock absorber bolts inside the car and push the beam down to remove the springs.
Place chocks under the arms near the wheels to support it and then undo the two bolts that hold the beam to the car.
Drop the front of the beam down and then hammer the old bushes out. Once out you can then clean up the holes and apply copper grease, push the two halves of the bush into the beam and then used a clamp to make sure the bushes are seated right, then apply copper grease to the steel slieve and push that in, agian the clamp might be usefull.
Refitting is essentially the same as removal.
Ive not used this method as i was paranoid about hammering about under the car as it had a bodykit on etc, so i just used method 2 instead
Method 2
as method one, but you need to disconnect the hand brake cable and the brake fluid lines (bleeding afterwards is nessecary).
Totally remove the beam form the vehicle, due to its shape its a pain in the ass with regards to carrying it to the vice, so a 2nd person would be handy.
Using the same principle as the TCA bush removal method, get the old bushes out and fit the new bushes with copper grease, using the vice to drive the bushes and slieve home.
Refit the beam and reconnect the handbrake cable, and brake lines (bleeding will be needed after this).
Refit the other items as you had removed them
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Ste L
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I cut parts of my rear beam bushes out because I didn't have the above tool, then added WD40, and they just pushed out.
Rear beam bushes:
Rear beam being polybushed
Faulty insert was waaayyyy too long and wouldn't fit the mounting points
Vice & hacksaw sorted that, strange as to why it was so much longer tho
Done
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DAZ1985
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as Ste L said 
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Ste L
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lol, i copied that off novaload
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DAZ1985
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makes mine look like a kinder garden guide to modding a tonka toy
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Ste L
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PMSL
if i wrote it, it would of been like yours though too 
[Edited on 24-02-2008 by Ste L]
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DAZ1985
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marklawton
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i think ill give method 1 ago, seems to easiest for me. need to change the shocks anyway
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