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Subject:Re: upper control arm bushing- replacing?
From:Peter Cassidy
Date:Mon, 21 May 2001 17:18:33 +0100

On Monday, May 21, 2001, at 05:10  pm, Matthew Pollard wrote:

> how easy/hard is the replacement of the upper control arm bushings?  I
> have some yucky squeeks that i wanna silence.
> thanks
> m

It's not too bad. I replaced mine a few months ago. Bentley says
you need a press to get the bushings out. I didn't!! I posted a long
article on how to do this job a few weeks (months?) ago here.
You'll need an angle grinder & a welder, tho' ...

Try dosing the bushings with silicone spray before you go to the
trouble of replacing them. Also, remove the upper ball joint & check
the whole arm for play by wrenching it left & right ....

Pete C   '88 Wolfie

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