Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Bulldog67 on November 25, 2011, 05:36:58 PM
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So, decided to go belt and braces on the Molotov lift and have new bushes, but naturally gettin the old ones out are a fucker, and Im gonna assume gettin new ones in will be likewise, so hints, tricks, and general USEFUL advice please
cheers gents & momoomomomos :greggmo:
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Use a garage
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Im branching out into poverty based mechanics :010:
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blow torch and BFH to get out and nut n bolt and big washers to get new in
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also put new bushes in hot water before fitting, makes em soft and easier to get in :icon_winkle:
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blow torch and BFH to get out and nut n bolt and big washers to get new in
Big Fuckin Hammer?
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you got it :003:
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:003: :lol_hitting:
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10 tonne + floor press to get them in
A stressful day and then a BFH, screwdriver, saw, blow torch, whatever is nearby will get them out :icon_twisted:
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:iagree: thats why i have two presses
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no, thats why you would have A press, you have two cos your greedy :hysterical: :hysterical:
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i have a fly press and a hydraulic so it makes perfect sense
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Used one of thses befor now to remove them
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floor press :017:
Im fooked :010:
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Remove springs, burn out rubber, slit outer sleeve with hacksaw, bend sleeve to make smaller, watch in amazement as it falls on your foot!
Installation is nothing like removal.
Wedge spring eye open slightly with large flat bladed screwdriver to give new bush a lead in, grease outer surface of bush sleeve, install threaded rod (or long bolt) through centre of bush and suitable large washers. Put nut on other end and wind bush into place. Congratulate yourself with a cup of tea, saving the beers until you have stopped for the day!
Progressing to opposite end of the spring, i.e. shackle end: Hacksaw out old rubber bushes ensuring not to cut into spring eye. Clean bore of spring eye and paint with hammerite. Leave to dry (good idea to do this to both ends). When paint is dry soak new bushes in warm water, apply Fairy Liquid to bore of spring eye and twist bush into place. Do NOT expect bush to slide in with compression only as rubber swells under load and makes life more difficult (bloody impossible in fact).
Reinstall spring to vehicle and move on to next corner of the car using all safety procedures anyone could ever think of.
P.S. Dont set fire to the bloody Jeep!
Hope this helps.
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I wound mine in using my vice. Worked a treat :003:
If you go that route, make sure you use some soft jaws :icon_winkle:
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when the bushes have been fitted only full tighten the bolts when the heep is back on four wheels. give the heep a rock from sise to side to allow everything to settle.
if you tighten the bolts before dropp the heep onto the wheels there is a chance of preloading the bush in a shear condition which can result in premature failure of the rubber
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cheers dood, so handy tips :greggmo:
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its all very low tech really but doing it for the first time may seem hard work.......................... something you will find as a new and refreshing change
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Hard work sucks, tis v boring and unatural :015:
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have to say if you have just installed Crown bushes expect to do them again soon! :011:
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I soaked mine in a 50:50 mix of ATF/Acetone overnight, then using a 10mm threaded rod, two BFO (big fuck off)washers and a socket that fitted (14mm 1/2" drive) I pulled them out, I then removed the socket to reinstall them, worked a treat.
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we did the thinners/atf mix on the bolts and they certainly came off easier than i imagined they would :icon_super:
and even better is the rear bushed have all been done (and i got away with doin none of them :003: ) so its half way there
did have to get some custom u bolts made tho by a firm in the midlands
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this has turned out an 'interesting' venture, turns out the 4" lift is actually a 6-7" lift at the back and a 2-3" lift on the front, which was givin a pretty funky drag truck look, but after much head scratching and viewing of Leviathans photos my bro twigged that the front is actually SOA
so the mild 4" lift is turnin into summink fuckin monstrous, roof is sittin at around 6'5"-6'6" :greggmo:
cant wait to see Mrs BD's face when i introduce her to the winter family truck and her winter ride to to work :003:
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horrid to drive too
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not what was planned, and then some, but in for a penny in for a pound ............
there is always next year to make some alterations
that bein said pretty much everyone on ifsja that has done a 6" lift and then gone SOA says they wish they hadnt wasted their time doin the 6" first
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going to spend more time standing at the side of the road than a picket line.......... :hysterical:.... only joking but had to be said!
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I think actually that you have to take note dood that unlike some tech experts on here, my truck is actually having something done to it rather than just bein washed with hot air: knowledge is only any good if its actually used for a purpose.
better to be active and stupid than dormant and clever
that being said, im prepared to bow to your googling skills, so please share why its going to shifting towards the life cycle of one of yours :017:
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I drive one of my jeeps everyday,if thats what you are asking.
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TBH i dont know what the fuck im asking, i get worn down with the doom and gloom on here with everything that i dont know what is just fun or opinion :die:
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:hysterical: that is so me tonight :hysterical:
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:imwitstupid:
I've had a fecked off feeelin for days that I just cant shift :011:
I'm currently tryin to drown it with beer :icon_jook:
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Its the lack of snow boys n girls...just think pigs in blankets and buttered sprouts with goose fat roast taters....or is that non pc and cause for an argument........
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sprouts :icon_eek:
mumble mumble :078:
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blurgh
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Bunch of commies :hysterical: :hysterical: