Bush / Bearing removal tools

[Quaser]

Hiya

I was surfing on ebay and came across these - would any of them be good for the rear subframe bushes? which would be the best set to get, and does anyone on here have a set that they could comment on?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Pre ... 863wt_1017

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-PRE ... 318wt_1143

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Pre ... 785wt_1028

[jmc330i]

I'm sure people make their own using some threaded bar and suitable sized sockets - beats spending £100 odd.

[aimlessrock]

Quaser, assuming the beam if off the car you can use a blow touch and a hacksaw..mine took a couple hours.

[scjimbo]

Quaser, assuming the beam if off the car you can use a blow touch and a hacksaw..mine took a couple hours.

Couple of hours with a hot spanner? Bloody hell mate i would be upset if it took a couple of hours with my zippo.

[Quaser]

But I'm also thinking about wheel bearings for other cars etc

And beam on the car btw

[Grrrmachine]

If the beam's on the car then those tools will be useless. You need to drop the beam a good few inches to get the puller cup onto the top of the bush, and that pretty much involves everything that a full beam removal requires; diff, exhaust brake lines etc off.

[sanitroc1]

Search on here for diy rear beam bush puller , sorry don't know how to do a link .

[scjimbo]

Having just done this job, I can't think of any way whatsoever that this job can be done without removing the beam from the car. Once the thing is out a hot spanner is by far the easiest way to remove the bushes.

If you can hang on a bit I have a pre facelift beam that is about to go off to the powder coaters that will have the bushes pre removed for you

[dooce]

Beam doesnt have to come completely off. I have the proper tool for this job and loan it out. click for details.

details: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... frame+tool

[scjimbo]

Fair play so you drop it off the body mounts and let the diff hold it all up. I stand corrected.