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sako243

Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Wales
Posts: 1218

1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White

It doesn't take that much force to get the bushes back in if you've got them out.

You could probably use a bottle jack underneath a suitable vehicle (obviously not the one with suspension in pieces) to push them back in.

I built a press, it does have a 25t bottle jack in it but the Genuine bushes went in very smoothly with very little effort from the press (no idea how much it actually used). Getting them out is another ball game though, but I found it easier to cut through the metal with a hack-saw and then split them with a screw driver and big hammer. Ed
82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6
95 Defender 110 300Tdi

18th Oct 2017 1:22pm

Frostyboy

Member Since: 16 Jul 2017
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 44

Good idea I have a small 3 ton bottle jack maybe try it under the chassis see if it works or go for some poly bushes.

Really wish i had left the original ones in now although they must have been shot after 25 years but they looked good.

18th Oct 2017 8:00pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17383

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Altrnatively: http://www.sykes-pickavant.com/products/su...ation/2245

18th Oct 2017 9:15pm

pannawonica

Member Since: 21 Nov 2010
Location: Clackline Western Australia
Posts: 568

Sykes pickavant kit would make short work of those bushes. Don’t know how I could get that one past the CFO

19th Oct 2017 1:34am

MadTom

Member Since: 10 Sep 2013
Location: Olomouc
Posts: 622

Just for info - with 20t hydraulic press it was only once up to 6t. The rest was less. "Drobek" = The Small One - Discovery 2, "BlufÃnek" = The Blue Thing - Defender 130, and for me at least Ford Mondeo

19th Oct 2017 6:52am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17383

pannawonica wrote:
Sykes pickavant kit would make short work of those bushes. Don’t know how I could get that one past the CFO

Don't let her find out!

19th Oct 2017 7:56am

MartnH

Member Since: 30 Oct 2017
Location: Nsw
Posts: 28

I actually did this.
I replaced Radius arms, panhard rod, trailing arms and A frame all at the same time.

just make sure you park your defender on a perectly flat ground. the truck is not moxving anywhere. chock all 4 wheels.

13th Jan 2018 1:26pm

rustandoil

Member Since: 08 Sep 2012
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 738

2005 Defender 110 Td5 XS DCPU Bonatti Grey

Lots of things on the Sykes Pickavant website are very tempting

13th Jan 2018 7:02pm

agentmulder

Member Since: 16 Apr 2016
Location: Outer Space
Posts: 1324

I did this all on slight (slight) incline and the rod ends moved a wee bit out of alignment with the rear axle, nothing a ratchet strap couldn't pull back in to place though

Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants...

13th Jan 2018 7:28pm

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