Landy pan rod bush with out a press?

[exmoor dave]

Need to change a pan rod bush on the Landy, using a polybush would be the easy answer but a bit of research suggests polybush isn't great for the panrod.

The OEM bush is one piece, metal inner and metal outer, rubber in between, apparently needs a 10t press to fit it (&ideally remove the old one)

Is there a way to do it with out a press with out wrecking the rod or new bush?

 

[exmoor dave]

Haven't bought any parts yet

 

[Exfarmer]

Have done them in the past with a big socket and a big vice.
But I may have just been lucky. Copper grease back in, but that may be very wrong.

 

[tinsheet]

Big vice and a couple of sockets?

 

[roscoe erf]

Forklift

 

[Matt L]

Either spacers and a big vice or make a tool using threaded rod and spacers to enable you to wind the old bush out and the new one in.

 

[marcot]

Forklift

Excellent idea ....pick it up with a forklift and put it In a skip and buy something more comfortable. ....like a bed of nails

 

[mo!]

Either spacers and a big vice or make a tool using threaded rod and spacers to enable you to wind the old bush out and the new one in.

Surely the easiest way to remove is with fire...?

 

[Matt L]

Still got to get the steel outer removed and also press the new steel in.

 

[Blue.]

Cut the old one out with a recip or a hacksaw

 

[exmoor dave]

Not too worried about getting the old one out

Just getting the new one in without damaging anything.

 

[exmoor dave]

Thanks for the suggestions

Bushes are plenty cheap enough...... along as I don't damage the panrod..... £150!!

 

[C.J]

I did the radius arms with some 3/4" sockets and some 19mm threaded rod.

 

[roscoe erf]

Excellent idea ....pick it up with a forklift and put it In a skip and buy something more comfortable. ....like a bed of nails

 

[Grouse]

Forklift

How does that work please ?

 

[roscoe erf]

How does that work please ?

Use it as a press

 

[crofter 65]

As said a big vice and a socket or something similar, I have done them like this.

 

[Gus]

Need to change a pan rod bush on the Landy, using a polybush would be the easy answer but a bit of research suggests polybush isn't great for the panrod.

The OEM bush is one piece, metal inner and metal outer, rubber in between, apparently needs a 10t press to fit it (&ideally remove the old one)

Is there a way to do it with out a press with out wrecking the rod or new bush?

If you have a friend with a lathe, get a tool made up with an outer diameter a whisker less than the bush, a spigot that is a snug fit in the bolt hole and a recess around the spigot so that it pushes on the outer ring of the bush. Put it in the bush and either use a press or a square tap from a sledge to push the old bush out. Clean up the hole with emery cloth/abrasive drum in the drill (don't overdo it), add your preferred lube and use the tool and the press/sledge to put the new bush in.

I've tried sockets, the vice and fire but this is easiest for me. The dull bit is that every bush is different so you need a number of different tools made up.

I will try to get a photo of the tool tomorrow so that my written description actually makes sense.

 

[JWL]

Knowing someone with a lathe and being able to make up some press tools would be a dream for me but for now the large selection of sockets will have to suffice
After numerous years of pushing out bushes with my old Record vice it decided to give up and crack and I ended up going bush getting the last couple of bushes sorted on my Defender. I had to resort to balancing myself on top of the panhard arm on top of some oak blocks and with a right sized socket perched in the right place, hit it with the sledgehammer!
It's doable but you soon get fed up of chasing the socket, I will admit to losing one in the neighbours privet hedge that was a good 10 yards away.
When getting a replacement bush I would recommend metalastic(original) as opposed to polybush but don't buy the cheapest. Go for OEM specification, genuine LR ones will be expensive but there's plenty of choice in the aftermarket world. With mine I have been getting through rear trailing arm to chassis bushes at an alarming rate, they've only been lasting 8 to 10 months but a local motor factors started stocking Ferodo metalastic bushes. The pair I have on have been on 18 months now and are still good, they were around the same price as OEM and have lasted longer than any of the Bearmach OEM ones I've fitted in the past.

 

[exmoor dave]

Got some OEM ones on order....... Let the fun begin on monday!


Can't be any worse than the steering arm fiasco