| Author | Message | ||
     Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 847 Registered: 02-2003 |
i have new bushings to install on my range rover, 3 bushings per front rad. arm 2 bushings per trailing arm 2 bushings for the panhard rod my dude quoted me $350 to do the job complete if i supply the bushings. or $150 if i bring up my spare arms and panhard rod. but i am afraid that doing the bushings comming off the frame for the trailing arms might be too hard for me. any comments on his price? is that average? sounds like he is quoting me 7 hr labor. unfortunatly it sounds reasonalbe. rob | ||
| Jake Hartley (Jake) Member Username: Jake Post Number: 219 Registered: 03-2002 |
Rob: $350.00 sounds about right, 6-7 hr job anyway you look at it. | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 1013 Registered: 02-2002 |
Rob - offer is still open if you send me your spare arms and bushings - or if you want I have spare sets of both if you just send me your bushings, we could swap hardware later. e-mail me Bill | ||
| Greg Hirst (Gregh) Senior Member Username: Gregh Post Number: 291 Registered: 10-2002 |
Well Rob, for less than the $350 you could get one of these: http://www.asedeals.com/Ranger_press.html | ||
| marc olivares (Pugs) Member Username: Pugs Post Number: 136 Registered: 12-2002 |
forget the press, buy a bushwacka tool and do it yourself. i think they were about $179 if i remember correctly. removes and installs smooth as silk. bushwaka tool check out kit13 79 pounds= $125 marc | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 849 Registered: 02-2003 |
WOW, that bushwaka set is designed for land rovers. really looks like it will do the job. i'll weigh all my options and let you know. thanks everyone rob | ||
| marc olivares (Pugs) Member Username: Pugs Post Number: 137 Registered: 12-2002 |
worth every penny. then all your local buddies will come to you for repairs, will pay for itself on the first truck. marc | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 633 Registered: 08-2002 |
Kit 13 is $195 pounds. Horrible web site you cannot even see how the tool works, not instructions or anything. So, how does it work and why is it easier than a press. Is it faster than a press? | ||
| Greg Hirst (Gregh) Senior Member Username: Gregh Post Number: 294 Registered: 10-2002 |
The advantage to the Bushwaka is it is a "field repair-type tool" and you can take it with you. It uses the screw/vise method for install/removal of bushings. The advantage to the 12 ton $217.00 press is that for that amount it will press fit bushings, U-joints, bearings etc. for most any vehicle (up to 12 ton pressure) and uses hydraulics to do so. Of course you supply the correct size socket, etc. for each application. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 636 Registered: 08-2002 |
I cannot see the need to field repair a bushing, but if there was something really bad, I guess I can imagine it. I have pressed out bushings and with a huge arbor press, it is really easy. I have also heard that in some cases 12 ton may not be enough. I'd still like to know exactly how the bushwaka works, I requested info from them, but I'd like to hear from someone on discoweb. | ||
| Ron Brown (Ron) Senior Member Username: Ron Post Number: 470 Registered: 04-2001 |
The ones in the trailing arms and radius arms can be put in with a hammer and appropriate tool to hammer on, not sure about panhard but I bet you could do the same thing. Most presses will not have a proper die to push them in and that is the real challenge. No small press will get them out (in my experience). To remove them a sawsall, chisel, torch, etc. have proved to be most benefificial. In any case the frame end bushings just pop on and off no biggy. They are not pressed or anything like that so I would go for the $150 deal. Ron PS BUY NEW NUTS FOR EVERYTHING ESPECIALLY THE BIG ONES ON THE END OF THE TRAILING ARMS AND RADIUS ARMS | ||
| marc olivares (Pugs) Member Username: Pugs Post Number: 142 Registered: 12-2002 |
oh shit, brian your right the tool i was refering to is actually kit2 and it works similar to a greenlee hole knock out kit. there's a threaded rod that goes through the eye of the bushing and is drawn through a die that is slightly smaller than the bushing. at the other end of the threaded rod is a die that is slightly larger that the bushing. the threaded rod has a pressing nut at one end and a bearing at the other. once the assembly is on the bushing you ratchet the nut until the bushing is out. no sweat. install is the same way but reverse the dies. marc | ||
| Bruce Potier (Brucep) New Member Username: Brucep Post Number: 32 Registered: 06-2003 |
I am facing the same effort and decisions. So I must ask all Discoweb-ers, if you have bought the Bushwaka tool set-13, A- would you consider selling it? B- would you consider loaning it for a fee? I want to get this accomplished in one day instead of transporting limbs back and forth to a shop for pressing in and out. Thanks Bruce |
