rear subframe bush tool?

[seatcupra2001]

does anybody no where i can get a rear subframe bush insert tool cheap?

seen some on ebay but dont wanna pay £60+ for somthing im only gonna use once lol



cheers jason

 

[rs-tuner]

If you put poly bushes in you can hit them in with a hammer.

 

[Slimy]

Cheapest place I've seen is here;

http://www.pvrdirect.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?catref=VS722

I don't know how much shipping is though. I was going to make up a version with some threaded bar and metal plate. Although removing the old bush was going to be more blowtorch and hacksaw...

 

[seatcupra2001]

polybushes that would be good where u get from? how would they live?

slimy but the problem is ill only use it 1once

 

[Ronin225]

Would agree with using a hefty or deadblow mallet
Removal tool could easily be knocked up cheap
Some allthread, couple of nuts and washers and some bits of plate
Removing the old bushes will be the most difficult though

 

[Slimy]

Would agree with using a hefty or deadblow mallet
Removal tool could easily be knocked up cheap
Some allthread, couple of nuts and washers and some bits of plate
Removing the old bushes will be the most difficult though

I'd have said the other way round, putting the new one in would be the b**ch? Getting the old one out can rely on brute force and ignorance, whereas getting the new one in needs tooling?

Or at least that's what i had planned.

My polybushes came from Awesome GTI, I bought them last year and still haven't plucked up the courage to fit them. I did all the front ones in less than a day, I have a feeling the rears will take me more than a day just on their own!

 

[seatcupra2001]

i changed the rear n/s last year using a large socket and a threaded bar but still took me over 8hrs and didnt wanna go in straight thats why i want to get a tool but dont wanna spend £60 + for a tool im only gonna use once lol

 

[rs-tuner]

I'd have said the other way round, putting the new one in would be the b**ch? Getting the old one out can rely on brute force and ignorance, whereas getting the new one in needs tooling?

Or at least that's what i had planned.

My polybushes came from Awesome GTI, I bought them last year and still haven't plucked up the courage to fit them. I did all the front ones in less than a day, I have a feeling the rears will take me more than a day just on their own!

I did mine last Saturday it only took me an hour. That was using a ramp and air chisel.

 

[Slimy]

I did mine last Saturday it only took me an hour. That was using a ramp and air chisel.

Yep, I can imagine an air chisel is most effective!

 

[Phillc]

I did mine last Saturday it only took me an hour. That was using a ramp and air chisel.

I take it you had to drop the rear sub frame and disconnect the brakes? If not how did you do it.

 

[wayne lcr]

yes you do phil i took the sub frame off when i did mine alot easyer.

 

[Phillc]

yes you do phil i took the sub frame off when i did mine alot easyer.

Yeah thats what i thought, i have the bushes sitting in my garage, waiting to find some LCR rear calipers and do both together.

 

[ibizacupra]

subframe?
do you mean rear beam bushes?

 

[Phillc]

Yes Bill, Sorry.

 

[Slimy]

I've looked into every possibility of doing this job without opening the brake lines, doesn't look like it's possible. There's not enough play in the flexi pipes to allow any movement.

I'd recommend clamping the flexi pipe as near to the joint as possible to minimise fluid loss, you'll still have to bleed the brakes but it's so much easier when it's only a few bubbles rather than a completely empty system.

 

[Phillc]

That's what i was planning to do, same as when i did the fronts, as you say its a lot easier.

 

[seatcupra2001]

i done 1 side with out disconecting the brakes.. basicly put the rear end on axel stands and used a trolly jack to support the axel but its a big job and a pain in the ass getting the new bushes in thats why i only done 1 side lol so im trying to find some 1 who will lend me a rear bush insert tool

 

[wayne lcr]

miles easy when you take the hole subframe off get the old and new bushes in and out easyer and i tried without taken the sub off and it was a complete bastxxed. just clamp the pipes with some snipe nose mole grips and then bleed them.

 

[seatcupra2001]

lol that would be much better lol maybe thats why it took me 8hrs

 

[rs-tuner]

If you unclip the brake pipes there is enough room to pull them through without removing the whole rear beam. I would not even attempt to remove the old bushes without the right tools. But fitting the polybushes is easy just use plenty of copper greese and a big hammer.