changing inner TCA bushes, any tips?
16-04-2009, 03:19 PM
#2
Use poly is my tip!!
Different people have different ways, but when I do it I leave the arb/tca bushes loose until the inner bolt is in then lift arb with jack and there comes a point where there is less pressure stopping the arb/tca bushes going in, a slight shove is all that's needed then.
I assume you know about dismantling etc ?
tabetha
Different people have different ways, but when I do it I leave the arb/tca bushes loose until the inner bolt is in then lift arb with jack and there comes a point where there is less pressure stopping the arb/tca bushes going in, a slight shove is all that's needed then.
I assume you know about dismantling etc ?
tabetha
16-04-2009, 06:27 PM
#4
Use poly is my tip!!
Different people have different ways, but when I do it I leave the arb/tca bushes loose until the inner bolt is in then lift arb with jack and there comes a point where there is less pressure stopping the arb/tca bushes going in, a slight shove is all that's needed then.
I assume you know about dismantling etc ?
tabetha
Different people have different ways, but when I do it I leave the arb/tca bushes loose until the inner bolt is in then lift arb with jack and there comes a point where there is less pressure stopping the arb/tca bushes going in, a slight shove is all that's needed then.
I assume you know about dismantling etc ?
tabetha
16-04-2009, 06:53 PM
#5
get the front of the car in the air, both sides
leave the wheels on if you don't have a ratchet strap or ramps
undo the arb nuts
undo the inner tca bolts
remove the tca via wiggling and a big screwdriver
insert new bushes
hook the outer tca back onto the arb
slide it home and put the nut on a few threads
using the weight of the suspension and wheel, manouvere the inner part of the tca so that is it lined up with the hole in the crossmember
use a screwdriver to pull it into line
drive the bolt through
using a socket on the end of an extension, line the bolt up on the other side of the hole as well
drive it through, making sure that you don't clobber the threads
once it catches, screw the bolt through
remember to put the bolt in from the front facing the rear of the car so the nut goes on at the rear
do not tighten up the bolt of the arb nut, just nip them up so that the rubber is snug but not tight or compressed
lower the car back to the ground again
move the car forward and backwards a few feet to settle the bushes
get back under the car to tighten the nut's and bolts, leaving the car on the ground to keep the suspension under normal tension loads
you may need to get the tracking sorted depending on how bad the old bushes were
with experience this is a 30 minute job both sides, with problems you can bank on several hours
leave the wheels on if you don't have a ratchet strap or ramps
undo the arb nuts
undo the inner tca bolts
remove the tca via wiggling and a big screwdriver
insert new bushes
hook the outer tca back onto the arb
slide it home and put the nut on a few threads
using the weight of the suspension and wheel, manouvere the inner part of the tca so that is it lined up with the hole in the crossmember
use a screwdriver to pull it into line
drive the bolt through
using a socket on the end of an extension, line the bolt up on the other side of the hole as well
drive it through, making sure that you don't clobber the threads
once it catches, screw the bolt through
remember to put the bolt in from the front facing the rear of the car so the nut goes on at the rear
do not tighten up the bolt of the arb nut, just nip them up so that the rubber is snug but not tight or compressed
lower the car back to the ground again
move the car forward and backwards a few feet to settle the bushes
get back under the car to tighten the nut's and bolts, leaving the car on the ground to keep the suspension under normal tension loads
you may need to get the tracking sorted depending on how bad the old bushes were
with experience this is a 30 minute job both sides, with problems you can bank on several hours
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Hated this job. Taking the TCA off is easy. The inner bush would not come out of mine so I went to Kwik Fit and paid a bloke a fiver to push the bushes out.
Then to refit the TCAs into the crossmember was also annoying and took some leverage. But that is because I used poly bushes. So if you are going with standard bushes the refit is simple. If poly just lever into place with a bar.
Charlie
Then to refit the TCAs into the crossmember was also annoying and took some leverage. But that is because I used poly bushes. So if you are going with standard bushes the refit is simple. If poly just lever into place with a bar.
Charlie
17-04-2009, 05:54 PM
#10
Just press old ones out with socket one side and alarger than bushes socket the other side, I use a 24mm and a 70mm socket to do mine.
If you gently use a slide hammer in the bolt hole it will pull the hole out slightly and make it easier as they do get a bit tight sometimes.
tabetha
If you gently use a slide hammer in the bolt hole it will pull the hole out slightly and make it easier as they do get a bit tight sometimes.
tabetha
22-06-2017, 08:15 PM
#14
I did mine today. I pressed the (powerflex purple poly) bushes into to the TCA with two big washers, bolt and a nut and then went on to fit the TCAs into the subframe. The other side was real pain in the ass, took me probably an hour or more. Had to lever the bush into the subframe using small screwdriver and it was pretty hard. The other one went in with relative ease, no need for any tools. Wonder if I accidentally did something differently with the other bush.
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