Amazon: Torque rod front bushes

[jpws]

Just replacing the rear bushes in my 1968 Amazon. After lots of sweat, cursing, rust remover, hammering and cutting nuts off, I got the suspension and torque rods out as well as the Panhard rod.

I bought a complete polyurethane bush set from Brookhouse (B676914PUK) and am wondering about the front bushes on the torque rod.
The old rubber bushes had a metal sleeve around them which is still stuck in the front end of the torque rod. Do I need to get that out before fitting new PU bushes? I think I got B662797PU bushes.
Or should I fit bushes with part no. 672226 (32mm diameter) as indicated on the Skandix site?

Any one got any suggestions/experience with replacing rubber with PU torque rod bushes?

Many thanks and happy Easter

[jpws]

Here's a photo of the front end of the torque rod.
Is the metal sleeve part of the old bush, i.e. I need to cut this out, or is it part of the torque rod, so I need smaller diameter bushes?
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[amazon69]

You have to remove that pita. Hacksaw across, hammer it out.

[Bigbunt]

I'm girding myself to do bushings this summer, front and rear. Love hearing about everyone's experiences....

[jpws]

Hack sawed that bit out and fitted the new PU bushes, easy. Have finished one side now.


Bigbunt: Make sure you got a good vice to push out those old bushings. Add PlusGas to all nuts a few days in advance to get them loose. I also added PlusGas to the bushes in the end to lubricate them to ease their removal. The front bush on the torque rod was the most difficult to remove as it was in this metal capsule (see photo).
Fitting was reasonably easy although at times tricky to get the bushes into the spaces, esp. on the Panhard rod.

[Carlsson 986]

jpws - well done on the bushes, even though it was a stressful exercise!!

Bigbunt - dig deep and buy new arms - much quicker in the long run and less aggravating IMO.

Did all rear arms on mine last year and arms were very crusty so went the route of replacing them with clean shiny new ones rather than spend ages on derusting, painting etc. It can be done of course. It just depends which way you prefer. See before and afters piccies.

Ric

[classicswede]

Those rear dampers look familiar.

[Volvo Canadian]

My arm hurts just thinking about when I did mine.

I hope you put lots of grease in there for the next time, and good luck with the fronts if you are doing them.

[tsetse1986]

Did mine over Easter too. I opted for the complete units from Brookhouse as I had plenty of other things to struggle with and the links themselves were rusty around the reinforcement flanges and needed replacing. One side came apart easily, having been soaked with penetrating fluid for a week. On the other, the front bolt had rusted to the inner metal sleeve of the old bush and had to be cut off with the angle grinder. Just as well I ordered new bolts!

[Bigbunt]

I can see where replacing might be a smart option... I haven't looked that closely yet but things are clunking and the though of a supple ride is very seductive. I started using SiliKroil when I got this car and the stuff is amazing, highly recommend. The front seat bolt in my car was absolutely welded with rust. A couple of days of the Kroil and the rust just crumbled.