If you’ve been keeping up, and have read part1 and part2, this might not be the most hugely entertaining, as part 3 is really just side two – the passenger side – just *working* as it should.
When some thing goes as it should – whilst really satisfying, it doesn’t make for a very good story.
Right: Firstly – undoing the bolt holding the transverse arm to the top bush – it’s dead easy.
Just move the arm about of the way and set up the bush press tools……
….. and I am well on the way to pressing out the old bush – Right.
It’s so easy, it almost hurts 🙂
You can clearly see I have the caliper removed again, and to be fair – it is close in on the splash guard for the rear disc – so that was one thing I needed to keep my eye on, but really – it’s trivial.
Below right: And finally – putting new bush in place.
Why was I using a socket to push it in instead of my bush press ?
Well – it was tolerances.
The tolerances on this side, once I had scratched the cup of the bush press on the first side – I decided to give this a whirl as the next size down didn’t fit perfectly over the rubber of the bush, but the socket did.
And after all that – put the car back together again, wheels on, and time for a test drive, by going to the local petrol station and put some much-needed fuel back in the car.
The one thing I wasn’t expecting on my test run – was this !
That ain’t a pot-hole – it’s a f* tunnel!
In the dark, the fact it was iPhone+ deep and was nearly the entire width of the road isn’t really appreciated in this photo – my back *DEFINITELY* knew about it for days.
Thankfully, it was a bloody good test of my rebuilt suspension – I kinda figure that if it stands up to the kind of stress, it will work for normal every day stress.
P.S. On my way back – about 10 minutes later after putting fuel in the car, a traffic police car had turned up, and was starting to put signs out about the pot hole, and to be fair to the council, they did sort the next day.
