Subframe help

323ian · #1 07-10-2007, 21:48

Do they have to be pressed in mate?

30psi · #2 07-10-2007, 21:50

Typically yeah but I reckon they could be walloped in to place. Thats how I did mine

323ian · #3 07-10-2007, 21:51

How did you get in there though, drop the subframe right down low?

30psi · #4 07-10-2007, 21:53

Yeah

323ian · #5 07-10-2007, 21:56

Thanks for your help then mate, sorry for all the questions but how did you get the old bushes out with the frame like that?

30psi · #6 07-10-2007, 22:01

Well I got the centre out quite easily and then used a hacksaw, hammer and some screwdrivers to butcher the outer sleeve

sideways danny · #7 07-10-2007, 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by 30psi

Yeah

wooo I made that

323ian · #8 08-10-2007, 18:13

Think i will have to have a go this way first before i pull the whole of the subframe out. Just think that they new ones will take a press to push them in though, those alloy ones may have been slightly smaller than the stock ones.

duncan · #9 09-10-2007, 11:05

another way of doing it would be to get them made in halves in nylon or polyurethane. would be much easier to fit. probably best to fit a steel sleve in the centre too. rich has something like this done. he has a thread on suspension bushings on here somewhere

sideways danny · #10 12-10-2007, 12:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by 323ian

Think i will have to have a go this way first before i pull the whole of the subframe out. Just think that they new ones will take a press to push them in though, those alloy ones may have been slightly smaller than the stock ones.

they were made as an interference fit, they need hammering in