Doug,
On my '59 they are pressed in place, no welding was there when I
removed the old ones, and the new ones went in without too much effort.
Regards,
Peter S.
>From: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
>To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Rear top link bushings
>Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:12:28 -0800
>Reply-To: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
>
>I pulled my rear top links (aka radius arms?), to replace the bushings
which
>were hard and brittle. To remove the bushings, I actually had to drill
out
>the rubber part, and then cleaned out the holes in the links, awaiting
the
>new bushings.
>
>Bushings arrived, turns out they are actually steel cylinder core, then
the
>rubber, then another steel cylinder. Looking at the links again, the
old
>outer steel cylinders were tack welded to the links, and thus still in
>place.
>
>Now I'll have to remove these, and I'm wondering if the new bushings
are
>intended to be pressed into place, or are they supposed to fit easily,
then
>tack welded into place.
>
>Can anybody help?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Doug Ingram
>Victoria BC
>1958 Frogeye
>AN5L/636
>
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