I've got away with using a vice to do the job. You have to toy with it a little more when you use the vice but it did save me from going out and getting a shop to do it.
If you're interested in a stiffer setup you may want to consider inserting the disk style bushings 90deg from stock position (meaning the kidney shaped holes are facing front-back). This is a little trick done by VW motorsports. It will firm up the front a bit but not as much as poly bushings. Mark Reda. > > From: "Les Noriel" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/02/09 Mon AM 10:41:07 EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Suspension Bushings > > I am refreshing the entire suspension system on my Golf. As part of that > process, I ordered suspension bushing for the front a-arms which I received > from Virtual World. I don't particularly like the polyurethane bushings > because they are too noisy for my taste. So I ordered OEM replacements but > need to press out the old ones and put in the new. > > The last time I did this, the machine shop that pressed them in charged me > $70 for labor for the pair. Since I am also refreshing my Corrado in > parallel, that would be $140 for labor for two pair of a-arms! Bushings are > inexpensive but the labor is outrageous. > > So I was browsing thru the Harbor Freight website and saw a hydraulic press > for $59. > Having this tool would make it possible to press in my own bushings. It > would also be beneficial when installing rear bearing races when replacing > rear discs. > > Anyone done this before using their own press? Where do you get the proper > arbors? > > -Les > > See the tool at: > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=2457 > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > 1
