Rear Beam Bushes
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Rear Beam Bushes
Hi everyone felt the cossie a bit strange on the back end since i've had it but now discovered that the nearside beam bush looks knackered.Is this a hard job?do you need to drop everything off the back end? cheers
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Seen a few posts on here that suggest that polyuerthane bushes increase road noise on the rear,is this true? my cars a 4x4 stage one power
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the easiest way i found to change them is :
1 . undo the big bolt in the middle of the plate covering the bush .
2 . undo the 2 small bolts what hold the plate up onto the car . ( have a jack under the rear beam to stop it dropping all the way down ) .
3 . get a piece of 2x2x2 square piece of wood , drop the beam down a bit , slide the wood in between the bush ( top ) and the car body .
4 . jack up the beam so the wood pushes down on the bush .
5. Using a big screwdriver inset it into the bush hole at the bottom and push the screwdriver up towards the body of the car and the bush should pop out , it will be tight .
Re fitting
1 . Put new bush with lots of copper grease around the top into the hole from the bottom of the beam .
2 . place another piece of 2x2 inbetween the beam and the body ( dont cover the hole the bush is going into) so the beam is spaced off .
3 . put a jack with the square 2x2x2 wood on top under the bush and jack the bush up into the beam .
4 . the bush should go in ( make sure it goes in square ) .
5 . put it all back together . 2 small bolts then big bolt in the middle .
Hope this helps . This is how i did mine as you dont have to remove anything only the wheel .
1 . undo the big bolt in the middle of the plate covering the bush .
2 . undo the 2 small bolts what hold the plate up onto the car . ( have a jack under the rear beam to stop it dropping all the way down ) .
3 . get a piece of 2x2x2 square piece of wood , drop the beam down a bit , slide the wood in between the bush ( top ) and the car body .
4 . jack up the beam so the wood pushes down on the bush .
5. Using a big screwdriver inset it into the bush hole at the bottom and push the screwdriver up towards the body of the car and the bush should pop out , it will be tight .
Re fitting
1 . Put new bush with lots of copper grease around the top into the hole from the bottom of the beam .
2 . place another piece of 2x2 inbetween the beam and the body ( dont cover the hole the bush is going into) so the beam is spaced off .
3 . put a jack with the square 2x2x2 wood on top under the bush and jack the bush up into the beam .
4 . the bush should go in ( make sure it goes in square ) .
5 . put it all back together . 2 small bolts then big bolt in the middle .
Hope this helps . This is how i did mine as you dont have to remove anything only the wheel .
Last edited by cosy trav; 19-06-2008 at 11:03 PM.
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Thanks for the replies,local garage quoted me Ł120 plus vat thats max plus they'll put my lowering springs back in as well
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just jack the bush back into place, no need for a block of wood to go in there
also, i used a big socket as i had one
and if the bush won't come out/go in, just open the door and get a large friend to sit on the seat a bit sharpish, that soon sorts the problem
also, i used a big socket as i had one
and if the bush won't come out/go in, just open the door and get a large friend to sit on the seat a bit sharpish, that soon sorts the problem
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