Posts : 221 Join date : 2008-08-08 Location : dumpstable
Subject: changing bushes what else do i need to do??? Thu Apr 22 2010, 10:53
I'm changing all my bushes this weekend and wondered what else i need to get do like 4 wheel alignment ect??? and where is the best place to take it???
looner Nomad Junkie
Posts : 987 Join date : 2008-01-31 Age : 47 Location : Aylesbury, The vale ;)
Subject: Re: changing bushes what else do i need to do??? Thu Apr 22 2010, 13:50
My advice get access to a very big vice at the very least. Pressing bushes in can be tricky. Also you may need a press to get the old ones out. AS for the alignment, I am not sure who the best would be? Good luck bro, did this on the loon and it was a pig!
vwdeviant Nomad Junkie
Posts : 2361 Join date : 2008-02-02 Age : 55 Location : The Rado Chapter.. and the 4-0 crew!
Subject: Re: changing bushes what else do i need to do??? Thu Apr 22 2010, 14:24
Job on my list... let us know just how good/bad it is Pete...
Be prepared for sheared bolts too (did both ARB links when I did teh Rado's front end!)
dapperdan Nomad Crew
Posts : 2259 Join date : 2008-02-01 Location : all about the TDIIIIII's
Subject: Re: changing bushes what else do i need to do??? Fri Apr 23 2010, 03:14
buy everything that could possibly break including trackrod ends, arb bushes take back what you dont use
you will need some extreme violence so a couple of good hammers/mole grips would be good an as pete says a vice ,in an ideal world you would use a bearing press
gas torch can be good for burnin the foookers out
will be worth ittho
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Subject: Re: changing bushes what else do i need to do???
Subject: changing bushes what else do i need to do??? 
Thu Apr 22 2010, 10:53
