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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #15 on: 06 January 2020, 12:41:47 »

Me neither!
I enjoy the work off the car, anything on a bench etc is fun but I'm finding lying under a car in the street less attractive these days....ho hum.
It's raining here now, so may have a crack at it tomorrow if it's dry  :y
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #16 on: 06 January 2020, 15:12:10 »

If you want to try a different garage I would highly recommend Earls Colne service centre. I wouldn't go anywhere else. Adrian and Mike are both excellent mechanics who are sensible and fair at MOT time.
If time is tight for the retest and you haven't sourced the bushes yet, I have a pair of Febi bushes in my shed that I have been intending to fit to my car for the last two years (at least).
Your welcome to take them and replace them with the same sometime before the spring.
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #17 on: 06 January 2020, 17:52:24 »

I use a unique tool called a chrisgixer to do my doughnuts ;D

The old ones can be a challenge to get out.
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #18 on: 06 January 2020, 17:57:03 »

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time ;)
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #19 on: 06 January 2020, 18:03:39 »

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time ;)
I prefer the gixer method.  Which has the added advantage I can drink tea made by the long suffering Mrs Gixer, whilst watching horseshit fall in gixer's ear - I always try to find a farm before visiting him :P
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #20 on: 06 January 2020, 18:55:16 »

I use a unique tool called a chrisgixer to do my doughnuts ;D

The old ones can be a challenge to get out.
'tis a shame there isn't a chrisgixer available down here - I like the idea of watching & drinking tea whilst the work is being done  :(
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #21 on: 06 January 2020, 21:17:40 »

Hersham isn't that far from me......
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #22 on: 08 January 2020, 22:45:24 »

OP used to live two miles from me. I hadn't realised he had moved. Hence my post above making no sense given his new location.
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #23 on: 09 January 2020, 21:12:09 »

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time ;)
I prefer the gixer method.  Which has the added advantage I can drink tea made by the long suffering Mrs Gixer, whilst watching horseshit fall in gixer's ear - I always try to find a farm before visiting him :P
I prefer any method that doesn't let it all slip out of alignment before you put the bolt in.  ::) :-[
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #24 on: 10 January 2020, 05:05:58 »

Autos are easier as you can use the gearbox torque to tension the subframe :-X
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Re: WTD: Rear subframe donut bushes for '01 2.6 estate..
« Reply #25 on: 10 January 2020, 10:34:33 »

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time ;)
I prefer the gixer method.  Which has the added advantage I can drink tea made by the long suffering Mrs Gixer, whilst watching horseshit fall in gixer's ear - I always try to find a farm before visiting him :P
I prefer any method that doesn't let it all slip out of alignment before you put the bolt in.  ::) :-[


I give the new bush a squirt of silicone spray, align it correctly and give it a tap with the BFH to seat it. Jack the subframe and start the donut's central bolt, then buzz it in with an impact wrench or long ratchet. No alignment issues, so am I missing something?
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