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Old 13th February 2018, 00:17   #11
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Tungsten carbide burr.... plus small bit to start with. Surrounding shell of the bolt could eventually could be knocked out with a round punch, no damage to bush, well nothing visible.

For some reason it was nowhere near as bad as the front shock pinch bolt. These burrs cut through Rover bolts like butter.

I can't locate my fathers bush pressing kit since he died, I will replace the bushes when I do my rear, any heads up on one that has the right mandrel for the Rover rear bushes?
A cross cut ballnose burr?, I'm curious, did you use a die grinder and how did you keep the cut perpendicular to the bolt head?

You need a 45mm diameter mandrel to press the new bushes into place, a cheapie like THIS will more than likely suffice
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Old 13th February 2018, 14:02   #12
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Well rain has stopped play, so I had a practise session on one of the scrapper arms.

As what was left of the bolt (it had already been cut through on both sides to get the arm off) wasn't having any of it I got thr Dremel out and ground a small cut in the metal end cover and then prised that out and the complete ball fell out.

No problem at all getting the outer ring out with the puller set.

The trailing arm front bush was a little more work though. Couldn't get it to shift so pulled the middle out, made a cut through the rubber and then hacksawed the outer ring from inside just enough to split it. Puller then made short work of it.

So all good to go as soon as the weather picks up.
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Old 18th February 2018, 10:46   #13
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And they are off.

As both the upper links and the arms are scrap, I cut the rubber gaiters off the upper links and cut through each side of the bolts with the grinder.

Just need to grind a cut in one side of the link end cover, pop the joints out,remove the outer rings with a puller and then I'm ready for a bit of rebuilding.

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When I did mine one side bolt was seized and one not. I ended up grinding through the bolt and drifting the bush out after applying a little heat. Brian loaned me his remover/installer kit, two new bushes and a new bolt. With the tool and new bushes both sides were done quite quickly although I did have the car on a lift. I have now purchased a tool in case the ‘classic’ needs the arms changed too. Best bit of advice is that you will need new rose jointed bushes in most occasions.
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Brian, I cant find the thread, but you put up a link to an ebay listing for an E36 bush removal kit.

(for the rose joint on the 75 rear trailing arm)

Question is... would this one work too?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252517659150
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On both of mine the bolts were fully seized in the rose joints. Once the rubber boots were pulled off a small cut across the end and the metal cover pulled out;







Then the complete inner can be removed;



And the sleeve pulled out;



Took about 10 minutes on each side.

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Old 9th April 2018, 12:15   #17
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Brian, I cant find the thread, but you put up a link to an ebay listing for an E36 bush removal kit.

(for the rose joint on the 75 rear trailing arm)

Question is... would this one work too?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252517659150
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Old 9th April 2018, 12:58   #18
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Brian, I cant find the thread, but you put up a link to an ebay listing for an E36 bush removal kit.

(for the rose joint on the 75 rear trailing arm)

Question is... would this one work too?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252517659150
If you do other stuff as well might be worth investing in a universal kit. I bought this a few years ago and it has been great on all the bushes I've worked on since;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27pcs-Pul...item2a8429db51

There are more bits than shown as they are stacked Russian doll style one or two inside the others.

You will need another washer for the trailing arm rose joints though due to the restricted access if the back plates are left on.


Bit cheaper than this one, which looks about the same;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-Be.../392003700661?




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If your a bodger, you can normally get away with using a socket instead of a sleeve.
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If your a bodger, you can normally get away with using a socket instead of a sleeve.
Especially if you want to wreck the dust cover
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