Here is some great advice for removing the old bushes that I got from
Vance a while back. I know he has shared this with the list before so I
hope he doesn't mind me forwarding but I dont know that the ascii
artwork was included in his previous submissions on this topic. Takes me
back to my college days, punch cards and ASR 33 teletypes :-)
Stan (and thanks again Vance)
-----Original Message-----
From: Navarrette, Vance [mailto:vance.navarrette@intel.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:08 PM
To: Foster, Stan
Subject: RE: Rear Hub Removal
Stan:
I used a two arm puller. Like so:
Gear Puller Arm
/========================##
/ ----------- ##
-| |-Bush ##
| | Tip of | | ## --
| | Trailing | |<=========##==== | Put Wrench Here
| | Arm | | ## --
-| |- ##
\ ----------- ##
\========================##
Gear Puller Arm
The puller is pulling on the trailing arm, and pushing on the bushing. I
put a big washer on the nose of the puller, and hooked the arms over the
trailing arm lip that wraps around the bushing.
The above picture is looking end on from the forward end of the trailing
arm.
A few twists of the wrench, and the bushing pops out.
To install the new bushing, you back the bolt out of the puller a bit,
then place the new bushing between the nose of the puller and the
trailing arm. A few twists of the wrench, and the new busing slides in.
You can lubricate the new bushing with a little liquid soap to make
things easier (don't use oil or grease, it will make the bushing swell).
Cheers,
Vance
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