Fitting Wishbone Bushes

[newdean0 0]

Has anyone fitted original peugeot bushes to replace worn ones? Can you just press them in with a drift and a vice or do you need a special tool?

 

Cheers

 

Dean

[hengti 2]

Dunno if there's a special tool

Never fitted std ones, but I'd have thought you could just press them in carefully using a vice and some suitable packing

[Guest smokinslim]

You jus missed a thread about these a week or so back now. General concensus seems to be that replacing with original pattern bushes is the better option over poly and aftermarket ones, both for value and life.

Once the old ones are removed they shouldn't need much force to get them in place

[pug_ham 245 3 Cars]

I've got an inner bush to do on an old wishbone & intend to use a socket, washers & long bolt to pull the new one back in.

 

Graham.

[newdean0 0]

Right, it's taken me 2 hours solid of hammering with a cold chisel to get the old bushes out and I only managed this by completely destroying the old bushes. Now for the big question...

 

How the f*** am I going to get the new ones in without destroying them? Do I push on the inner bit of metal or the rubber collar?

 

I started off on the old ones making a puller using a thick bolt, this stripped the thread. Then I tried a vice but I just lift the work bench when I try and turn the handle. I've got the bushes in the freezer and the wishbone on a radiator in a hope of making the size difference big enough to get them together . Has anyone actually fitted theirs yet and were they such a bastard?

[hengti 2]

They're always v difficult to get out

 

When pressing the new ones in, you need to be pressing against the *outer* metal casing (which is what you're actually pressing into the arm) - press against anything else and you run the risk of damaging the rubber in the bush (I'd try using a socket or a piece of tube same diameter as outer casing. You'll need to be really careful and make sure they're going in square as well

 

Never tried fitting std bushes on a 205 but know they're a b*gger to get out (put poly bushes in mine - much easier!). I'd have a go along the lines of above though, take it steady and see what happens

 

Your heating/cooling sounds like a good idea as well

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

Right, it's taken me 2 hours solid of hammering with a cold chisel to get the old bushes out and I only managed this by completely destroying the old bushes. Now for the big question...

 

How the f*** am I going to get the new ones in without destroying them? Do I push on the inner bit of metal or the rubber collar?

 

I started off on the old ones making a puller using a thick bolt, this stripped the thread. Then I tried a vice but I just lift the work bench when I try and turn the handle. I've got the bushes in the freezer and the wishbone on a radiator in a hope of making the size difference big enough to get them together . Has anyone actually fitted theirs yet and were they such a bastard?

 

should have taken a blowtorch to the old bushes then just take the metal inserts out, oh well too late eh?

 

i have fitted oe bushes and poly bushes and must admit poly are much easier as there is no metal outer casing , try a bit of assemly oil on the outer sleeve and tap them in with socket that just fits on the metal part

good luck my freind

[littlemike 0]

Use a suitable sized socket to 'press' the outers of the new bushes into the arms with the aid of a vice (squeeze it all up). The last few mm of pressing the bushes in will also need another socket on the other side of the arm/bush you are pressing in to allow the centre steel piece to stick through the arm a little.

 

Remember when you're refitting the arms to the car that you shouldn't tighten the bolts that go through the new bushes until the car is sat on it's wheels and the arms are at their 'at rest' level.

 

If you tighten the bolts up earlier your new bushes won't last very long at all due to them being twisted once you lower the car to the ground.

[Wurzel 16]

I was going to mention about the blow torch method to get the inner rubberised part of the bushes out. A small chisel or hack saw is all that is needed then to remove the outer metal case. A similar method was used when I removed/replaced the rear beam bushes as outlined in the rear beam rebuild guide on the main website.

 

Still, you've got them out now. The threaded bar and socket routine is by far the best to refit bushes. Just ensure the wishbone 'socket' is free from corrosion and as mentioned, a little lubricant works wonders

[newdean0 0]

Well, it wasn't so bad after all . I used a socket the same size as the outer edge of the bush (about 34 mm) and a hammer to get the new bushes in. I couldn't get the screw and socket method to work as all the bolts I had which were small enough to fit through the centre metal ring just stripped, if you do it this way I think you need a really hard bolt and nut with a fine thread.