Poly vs oem bushings

[bcredliner]

I think it is good to put a dollar value per hour on ones time and also the vehicle downtime associated with repairing a part verses the cost of a new complete part.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

I think it is good to put a dollar value per hour on ones time and also the vehicle downtime associated with repairing a part verses the cost of a new complete part.

And I think it's good to reuse a perfectly good arm... if that saves some money, but costs some time, so be it. But I am a cheap bastard... and I know it.


Each user will have their own value equation to weigh.

[TiminIndy]

I got the control arms back from Car-X. He charged me $20 each to press them. I pulled out my card and he said, 'oh, I guess I'll need to write up a ticket, unless you have cash'. I got the hint there and told him I would run to the ATM and get cash.

So Meyle HD bushings were about $25 and Meyle HD control arms were $105, which means I saved about $120 by doing it this way. Since I saved the control arms from the first time I replaced them, I had no down time for the vehicle. It was worth my time...

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by TiminIndy

I got the control arms back from Car-X. He charged me $20 each to press them. I pulled out my card and he said, 'oh, I guess I'll need to write up a ticket, unless you have cash'. I got the hint there and told him I would run to the ATM and get cash.

So Meyle HD bushings were about $25 and Meyle HD control arms were $105, which means I saved about $120 by doing it this way. Since I saved the control arms from the first time I replaced them, I had no down time for the vehicle. It was worth my time...

Great move (keeping the old arms from last time).

[Bmwe5320023.0]

Originally Posted by RFaber

Ive used a vice, and a few different diameter pipes to 'press' out a bushing, worst case is you have to 'cut' the old one out with a reciprocating saw etc and then use some anti-seize to lube the new one as you press it in!
I have since bought a press, and I do the job frequently on lots of diffferent cars. I have the Meyle HD ones in my X5, mine has about 100k km on the 'new' bushings with no complaints! (total of about 330,000km on the odometer!)

anything is possible with the right tools, or improvisations of such!

How wide was the vise?
I'm trying to do this job and the bushing press ended up being too short (OTC 7249)
Where did you get the right size pipe? It's gotta be 66mm
I bought a whole bushing set and it ends with 65mm
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01443Z21A/..._VY4UEb9ZWRKP2
So annoying lol

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Bmwe5320023.0

How wide was the vise?
I'm trying to do this job and the bushing press ended up being too short (OTC 7249)
Where did you get the right size pipe? It's gotta be 66mm
I bought a whole bushing set and it ends with 65mm
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01443Z21A/..._VY4UEb9ZWRKP2
So annoying lol

The kit doesn't have the receiving cups for the bushing to go into when you are trying to remove them.

[RFaber]

I used parts from my harbour freight wheel bearing kit, and my record 10” vice.
I also have an assortment of pipe scraps, but the HF wheel bearing kit ones are ‘hardened’ so they take the pressure nicely!! I did need a large pipe to crank on the vice bar!