Subframe help

[323ian]

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

[30psi]

Yeah

[323ian]

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]

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

[sideways danny]

Originally Posted by 30psi

Yeah

wooo I made that

[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.

[duncan]

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

[323ian]

Thanks for your help, only way i can think of doing this effectively is to drop the subframe down a bit and get some heat on the casing to help make it a bit easier to fit them, i have already got a set of stock bushes to go back in.

[smoker]

I dropped my subframe as low as i could on the bolts and used a chisel between the subframe mount hole and the outer part of the bush to get the old bush out. To push in the new bush i used a long bolt and two 1/4 inch plates to pull in the bush. Might not be the correct method but it worked

[sideways danny]

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