lux bush removal

Post by **Lux_89** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:51 pm

hey guys...

only just started playing around with bushes for these ifs springs im throwning in the back of my earlier lux, and low and behold i cant get the front fixed end bushes out. been sloggin away, prying and even the mapgas when i got shitty.. any ideas, i dont have a press

chris

Post by **Burdy** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:01 pm

hey mate havn't they got a one peice bush with a steel sleeve in the middle

Post by **RUFF** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:07 pm

Its much easier to use the original bush. They flex as well as any other bush and dont wear out as fast.

Post by **Lux_89** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:07 pm

oh really...? That means i would have to shave down my hilux pin to get it to fit? um ive already hopped into it with the map gas

but i got the steel sleeve out of the middle, all the rubber out, but left with another steel ring stuck in there, the outer ring of the bush.. been belting it for the last hour and it hasnt budged..

chris

Post by **icrawl** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:16 pm

heat it ,works wonders

Post by **Lux_89** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:17 pm

yeh i no it does, been doing tht for the last hour and no go

Post by **Rockwolf** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:18 pm

Pick up a 6 ton bush press from supercheap for $120? Worked for the crumbledoor.

Post by **Lux_89** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:09 pm

yeh well i just been at it again... cold chisles screwdriver the works, then sat on it with gas for half hour then back into it with cold chisle and still no go. giving me the irits.

Post by **brad 93hilux** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:00 pm

is it possible to run a little bit of weld on the inside to try and shrink it?

Might be a silly idea but it works good at work on bearings and other sleeves..

Brad

Post by **Lux_89** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:24 pm

may just try that as i have not succeded with the outer sleeve.. sic lux has a press and he may press them off for me if i see him tomorrow, im stumped for ideas! hahaaa, not al is meant to be simple. Cheers.

Post by **RUFF** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:58 pm

Lux_89 wrote:oh really...? That means i would have to shave down my hilux pin to get it to fit? um ive already hopped into it with the map gas but i got the steel sleeve out of the middle, all the rubber out, but left with another steel ring stuck in there, the outer ring of the bush.. been belting it for the last hour and it hasnt budged..

chris

Sorry i only just looked back in this thread. Its too late for you now but for future reference all you do is use the original bush, The original IFS bolt and the side plate off your solid axle bolt. You just need to knock the plate off the bolt. Factory ones are just pressed onto the bolt. Then just grind a tiny amount off the outer diameter of the IFS bolt head. You will see what i mean when you look at it and bolt it all in.

Post by **Lux_89** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:58 pm

ok thanks ruff. well i can atleast put in a proper ifs bush like its sposed to have anyway. Ill just have to belt somehow, that outer steel ring. i tried again today with no sucess whatsoever. s*ittin me to tears

haha.

Post by **ausyota** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:49 am

Get a hacksaw, take the blade off and stick it through the spring eye, refit it to the hacksaw frame and cut through one side of the steel ring.
Should come out pretty easy after you have hacksawed it through.

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