TVR Chimaera CHASSIS RESTO - Episode 5: Wishbone Bush Removal
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2020
- As our project progresses, we start to repair parts away from the chassis. In this episode we prep everything for polyurethane bushes, which means removing every single original bush. This is not a quick or easy job, so have a look at some of the technique and handy tips for making this part of a resto easier! Again, we focus this to be achievable for the home builder, no industrial press was used during this video!
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I do feel for the poor car. For it to get that bad must have taken a great deal of neglect
Kudos for your efforts
I've found that the best way to remove bushes is to deliberately set the rubber on fire and let them burn, the centres eventually fall out on their own you can burn multiple bushes at the same time, but I would recommend doing it outside, lots of toxic fumes and black smoke! I then remove the outer sleeve with the hacksaw method, as you did.
Great videos of honest, real world diy car maintenance and repair with limited facilities, well done sir!
Another great informative video. You're doing a great job of convincing me to pay someone else to do my chassis resto LOL. I think I have the tools but not your patience. Nice to hear the return of the squeak.
I burned 18 bushes out of my Chimaera last week, I feel your pain. Think I got high on the fumes lol. Great work keep it up!
Hammer based violence LOL, I'm stealing that! I know the job is now done but for future reference MAPP gas blow torches are the hottest burning blow torches you can get. The next step up would be oxy acetylene. Bit pricey but i would never go back to butane unless it was for a camping stove!
It was never going to heat the sleeve out, really just enough to get the rubber out the way
Did you try gripping the toe adjuster in a vice across the flats and then trying to unscrew levering with the wish bone itself? Have heard that works... Although my guess is you'd still end up with a knackered a adjuster.
Yup, we tried that before the Stilsons, it just ended up dragging the bench across the workshop. Some may well respond to that, but ours were totally siezed.
Had to get my rear toe adjusters cherry red with oxy acetelyne to budge them.
Lots of anti seize compound on them when re assembling.
Yeah the rear toes were the biggest ballache of the whole job. Certainly one to be prepared for if those who are planning it are watching!
@@ToolsnTrack Not sure it would have worked on yours as they looked solid, but the way I did it was to tighten the 2 flat sections of the screw end into the jaws of the vice then use the actual wishbone as the lever & it came out. Lots of PlusGas was used :-)
Cheers for the advice on this common job. Just wondering, did you consider using a ball joint press? I was thinking if they have enough uumph or not to push the things out. I have this lovely job to do too with my shock absorber bushes this winter.
Yes but I have little faith in them. Violence wins every time.
The main reason though was we wanted to use as many common tools as possible. Whilst a joint press is a common enough thing, we tried to keep its as basic as possible.
The ball joint press worked a treat on my shock absorber bushes. For the really snotty, crusty ones I made a cut through the centre sleeve, through the rubber stuff and close-ish to the edge of the outer metal sleeve of the bush. 5 mins with the hacksaw and vice. After that easy peasey! No burning and no cold chisels.
Sorry to mention this... and I appreciate no one likes a smart *rse. I just saw a snippet of your MR2 video and thought best to mention it if you have more bushes to do.
You can cut the middle out with a hole saw ???
The rubber part? I'm sure you could but fire is more fun :)
@@ToolsnTrack yes the rubber bit ,but fire is more fun
@@nicknick-ht5dv that's the method I used.... and destroyed 3 drills