Rear axle/beam bush

[Carlos_2017]

Hiya lads/ladies,

How hard are the rear beam bushes to remove?
And is it going to piss me off?

Cheers, Carlos.

 

[hipwell]

And is it going to piss me off?

Cheers, Carlos.

Probably lol. The bolts for mine were rusted to hell so gave up lol

 

[Carlos_2017]

f**k sake 😂

I was hoping someone was going to comment and say 'nah, piece of piss, mine practically fell out' lol I'll see how I go then, cheers dude.

 

[JamesBryan]

The bolts might not be too seized, we did my mates a few weeks ago and the first thing you'll come across is the the bolts are so long that they won't come out, especially on the driver's side as they hit the fuel tank.

Probably easier to get them out most of the way and then cut them off and replace with shorter high tensile M10 bolts.

 

[Carlos_2017]

The bolts might not be too seized, we did my mates a few weeks ago and the first thing you'll come across is the the bolts are so long that they won't come out, especially on the driver's side as they hit the fuel tank.

Probably easier to get them out most of the way and then cut them off and replace with shorter high tensile M10 bolts.

Ah okay dude, I'll figure it out as I go, any idea how long the replacements bolts will need to be?

 

[vroomtshh]

100mm long bolts. My bushes practically fell out once I figured out how to get the beam off

 

[JamesBryan]

Ah okay dude, I'll figure it out as I go, any idea how long the replacements bolts will need to be?

Not sure tbh i'd guess about 100mm, you'll get an idea if you have a look under before you start.

 

[Carlos_2017]

100mm long bolts. My bushes practically fell out once I figured out how to get the beam off

Alright cool, I'll have a look soon.
I've got a load of stuff on the way, figured it made sense to do it all whilst the car is up

 

[JamesBryan]

We used one of these on my mates bushes, in combination with my impact gun. They were pretty tight tbh!

 

[Carlos_2017]

We used one of these on my mates bushes, in combination with my impact gun. They were pretty tight tbh!

Ah okay, I think I'll have to invest