Changed my front wishbone bushes to poly today, they were an advisory on the MoT last August so thought it was time to do then now the sun is out for a couple of days.
Have to say that although the old Volvo bushes moved with the pry bar there was no breaking down of the rubber or splitting - seems to me they are soft by design, plenty of air gaps and interlocking lumps of rubber. Well destroyed now to get them out!
Thanks to Martin for the 'how to' a while back, set me on the right track. I thought about how I was going to do the job for a while and spent some time making a tool to push them in with which worked well, you can see it in the pictures. Biggest issue was getting the bush to start in the wishbone tube, I had no luck trying to nip the lip in with a screwdriver as Martins guide so I used a jubilee clip to compress the end down to the diameter of the hole, this worked well.
Anyway. here are some pics, first side took over three hours but the second was two once I had the method sorted. Also used the tool to fit the pin into the polybush.
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