Radius Rod Bushings
04-26-2008, 09:00 PM
#2
um. try putting it bushing-side-down and putting some wood on the arm-side and whacking away
04-26-2008, 09:31 PM
#3
04-26-2008, 10:20 PM
#6
they would use a 20ton hydraulic shop press and some flat metal plates to sandwich the bushing between the press and the rod. Apply pressure to the metal plate and it will evenly disperse it across the entire face of the bushing and press it in perfectly.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
04-26-2008, 10:27 PM
#7
they would use a 20ton hydraulic shop press and some flat metal plates to sandwich the bushing between the press and the rod. Apply pressure to the metal plate and it will evenly disperse it across the entire face of the bushing and press it in perfectly.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
04-26-2008, 10:50 PM
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04-26-2008, 11:15 PM
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they would use a 20ton hydraulic shop press and some flat metal plates to sandwich the bushing between the press and the rod. Apply pressure to the metal plate and it will evenly disperse it across the entire face of the bushing and press it in perfectly.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
04-27-2008, 05:39 AM
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they would use a 20ton hydraulic shop press and some flat metal plates to sandwich the bushing between the press and the rod. Apply pressure to the metal plate and it will evenly disperse it across the entire face of the bushing and press it in perfectly.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
Very resourceful and a great idea, Im gonna have to use that
04-27-2008, 09:54 AM
#11
they would use a 20ton hydraulic shop press and some flat metal plates to sandwich the bushing between the press and the rod. Apply pressure to the metal plate and it will evenly disperse it across the entire face of the bushing and press it in perfectly.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
If you don't have a press, you can use the weight of the car. Just jack it up, place the part you want to press under the rear wheel while the parking break is on, and use your hydraulic jack to gently lower the car onto the part. Presto, you now have a makeshift 2 ton press. This also works better with a metal plate to disperse the weight. It's not the BEST method, but I've done it in a crunch multiple times and it works pretty well for small stuff like rubber bushings. I wouldn't go trying that method for a wheel bushing, but it would work fine for this application.
i cant jack up both ends and if i put the wheels back on then everything is going to miss align and there would be no weight distribution to the car it would all just bend my suspension right?
04-27-2008, 10:41 AM
#12
read wiking's post, he offered another solution. If you still want to try the weight-of-the-car method, see if you have access to another car. Alternatively, if you have access to a high clearance SUV, you can use both method in tandem, using the SUV as the weight, and then use the jack as a press, just shove the bushing in between the jack's jacking point and a flat surface under the SUV, usually the frame or some other solid point and jack away.....(get your head out of the gutter).
04-27-2008, 02:34 PM
#13
true, you can just put the part between the jack and the frame of the car, but that's risky and the part could shoot out like a projectile. A car/SUV being jacked up is usually pretty unstable. It's better to lower the car/sUV onto the part because you can stop the motion with a turn of the valve.
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