New Lower front wishbone bushes - replace, upgrade or full new arms ?

[fax001]

We had a garage that said they couldn't replace bushes without swapping out the entire arm at significant cost. I spoke to another garage who said they could swap bushes with no problem so I had some poly bushes fitted by them. In summary, swapping bushes is perfectly possible and going through the expense of new arms every year seems very extreme compared to just sticking some poly bushes in and forgetting about it.

Thank you. Might be a good idea to look around before the next MOT to find someone who can do that for me.

 

[FerrisBFW]

what utter rubbish not being a DIY job. I did it on my drive easy.

 

[fax001]

what utter rubbish not being a DIY job. I did it on my drive easy.

I understood that getting the old OEM bushes out was really difficult. Any tips?

 

[Leemondo12]

I understood that getting the old OEM bushes out was really difficult. Any tips?

Sketchy but it worked

Cheers

 

[FerrisBFW]

I bashed **** out of them with a big hammer and chisel. Really quick

 

[FerrisBFW]

Put them back in with Park Tool headset press (cycle tool)

 

[Chilledpharaoh]

Thank you. Might be a good idea to look around before the next MOT to find someone who can do that for me.

Stick Powerflex bushes in - you won't regret it. Get a garage to press the worn bushes out, push poly bushes in by hand, grease every couple of years. Drives much smoother.

 

[FerrisBFW]

Stick Powerflex bushes in - you won't regret it. Get a garage to press the worn bushes out, push poly bushes in by hand, grease every couple of years. Drives much smoother.

they certainly didnt go in by hand for me