got the rear beam down, but cnt get the bushes out! tried using stainlessmoles suggestiong of drilling a shit load of holes but i snapped my drill bit (a bit too easily)

is there an easier way?

haynes says use a hammer and punch thing to get it out, but i have neither. will a chisel do to get the metal thing out of the middle?

old bushes


new bushes

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That should just push out from the other side... drop the rear beam as much as possible and whack it out from the other side. Might be easier to whack out the metal tube in the middle first

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ahh right so im coming from the other side... did think that but was trying to pull it/lever it towards me,,, would be much easier i suppose.

i thought the hard bit was over after trying to get it down haha! soo wrong i was

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Yeah it'll be easier doing it from the other side

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ok i have limited room from other side, got another idea which ill just try... ta so far bud!

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I forgot to add, i used a hench drill bit haha my bad
I think it was like a 14mm wood bit

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

lmao yeah ta thank god i bought a dremmel is all im saying... currently hacking the fucker to bits, will take me ages but hopefully this will work, if not ill get the drill on again, with the right drill bit this time haha

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mole, do u have any pics of wen u did it?

wen u drilled the holes, which side did u drill, and what did u lever it out with?

need as many details as possible lol to give me a fighting chance!

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Drill as many holes in as you can to weaken it then use a huge hammer to bash the fucker out!!

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Would a hole saw and a lot of lubriacation not be the best way forward?
Cut round the metal bit and into the rubber from both sides??

Paul

thanks wayne, tried and failed with that one
paul, i did start with that method but the angles etc for the hacksaw were a pain and my hacksaw is shit.

ill post pics later of how i did it but ive got one out fuck me, like literally fuck me, so happy i did it, but the next one will take forever as well, fast but still forever lol. thanks for everyones help!

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Nah i didn't take any pics
I drilled the crap out of the little holes between the metal centre bit and the beam, so i could break the metal bit out with rubber with it lol and then i think i cut the remaining rubber out, or it was easy to push out... it was agess ago

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

No Ben, not a hacksaw a Hole Saw.
Thing that attaches to the drill and cuts big holes in stuff http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOLE-SAW-BI-M ... 8011728526

Get the right sized one for where the three slots are and you should be laughing I would have thought. Need to keep it well lubricated though so the rubber doesn't melt and stick to and burn out the drill motor

Paul

On my beam the bush was vulcanised to the beam itself instead of being pushed in, try making a bearing pulled from a couple sockets and threaded bar snd wind it out, works on bmws

cheers chaps, luckily i got em both out, after a shit load of hacking with my dremmel... ill post pics on my thread,

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