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Front Wishbones get their bushes installed. 24 April 2005

Freshly prepared wishbone and the bush to be fitted. You can see how ropey the old bush is. Tried pulling the bush in with a long bolt and washers, which failed as the bush kept slipping off to one side.
After a number of failed attempts, including trying to compress the bush down with a jubilee clip, I came up with a small tool to do the job This basically comprised of a short length of electrical conduit/tubing which was a close fit onto the diameter of the bush, and a socket which just fitted inside the conduit. I then used an even longer bolt to pull the bush through. Worked a treat and made it real easy.
The tubing with socket, tubing, and long bolt. I used a dished washer at the other end to give the bush a bit of room when it popped through
The bush is now in, and the tool can now be removed.
Freshly repainted cambelt cover, subframe also painted, and the wishbones with bushes ready to go.
More bits ready to go when re-assembly starts
De-rusting tank in operation, and the front driveshafts waiting their turn.