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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby
Just to be clear, do you mean the chassis lugs the bush fits into? 
Don - i might be wrong on this but i think he means the lugs on the chassis the bushes bolt into. Obviously give the control arm a good clean up and a squirt of paint to protect it after, i've often found a flap-wheel in a drill is great for cleaning up the inside of the hole the bush goes into followed by a smear of grease to help prevent rust long term and let the bush slide in easier.
Something else i've done to help fitting, particularly with things like wheel bearings is put the bearing (or in your case the bush) in the freezer overnight, put the housing part in the oven at 180C ish for an hour or so and usually the bearing just drops into place.
All depends on whether Mrs Besidetheseaside would let you do that of course!   |
I think he means the dished surface where the flying saucer bushes fit into to be honest, I will get a good finish on them when I have them on the bench.
Used the hot cold method on the Jag recently when I did the fulcrum bearings, put the outer race in the freezer and warmed the rear hub up with a blowtorch, it makes the job so much easier
