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Castor correction.... Help/advise??

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15 Nov 2012 18:44 #53344 by facade

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You won't get the old bushes out and in the new arms in good condition.
What you need is a polybush kit, these go in with your fingers.
Stand car on level surface, handbrake on.
Work on one side at a time.
Undo the nuts on the 3 large bolts. (This is V difficult, as suzuki put the nuts on the inside. Undoing the bolts is even more so. There isn't enough room to use the Landrover trick of a 12foot scaffold pole over the end of the breaker bar) tap the bolts out, and the arm will drop down.
Replace the arm. You may need to chock the front wheel each side, and release the handbrake, then rock the car to get the last bolt to line up. Some folks use one of those ratchet straps to pull the axle.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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15 Nov 2012 20:58 #53374 by ferreter

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facade wrote: You won't get the old bushes out and in the new arms in good condition.
What you need is a polybush kit, these go in with your fingers.
Stand car on level surface, handbrake on.
Work on one side at a time.
Undo the nuts on the 3 large bolts. (This is V difficult, as suzuki put the nuts on the inside. Undoing the bolts is even more so) tap the bolts out, and the arm will drop down.
Replace the arm. You may need to chock the front wheel each side, and release the handbrake, then rock the car to get the last bolt to line up. Some folks use one of those ratchet straps to pull the axle.

thank you, very helpful. thats a shame, i will try and see if i can get them out in resonable condition, of not look like another 80 odd quid on a polybush kit!

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15 Nov 2012 21:19 #53382 by dirtydogz

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Just save up the money and buy them later, using old bushes is false economy and if you can't get them out in one piece then your jimny won't be going anywhere. :pinch:

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15 Nov 2012 21:39 #53390 by ferreter

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dirtydogz wrote: Just save up the money and buy them later, using old bushes is false economy and if you can't get them out in one piece then your jimny won't be going anywhere. :pinch:

ookay, will do that. dammit, im annoyed with myself now! should of asked this before i ordered! thank you everyone for you help

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