Took me some time to get the first bush out, but the second one was out and changed in under an hour.

Just need to bleed the brakes tomorrow morning and it is job done. I opted to break the joint in the brake pipes rather than cutting the metal clips

The old bushes did not look too bad for 180k, but now they look well knackered after I attacked them with a drill ).

Thee new bushes went in first go. I did not need to use any new nuts and bolts (infact I only removed the bolts for the bushes themselves).

Here are a few pictures (as is keeping with doing a job and getting dirty fingerprints on my camera).

Full image set: http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/index.php?loc=./20110409_rear_bushes

and few of the key images

Jacked and and on axle stands:

Lowering the beam on trolley jacks:

Bush ready to be drilled out:

Bush inner drilled out:

New fabia vRS being pushed in with a homemade puller:

Using some large nuts and bolts to complete the insertation:

And home:

Edited 10 April, 201115 yr by mbames

Nice

Love your workshop.Nice high ceiling.

Nice

Love your workshop.Nice high ceiling.

Was a lovely sunny day, so it seemed right to work outside with some natural light. Today it is a bit damp and misty (there goes my chance to polish it again :( )

I treated her to some L&K alloys I bought at Christmas too:

looking good, really like your diy - you should link your sig to your website mate!