So now I need to remove the old bushes, clean them up, re-paint them, fit new bushes and fit them to the car...simple!
Removing the old bushes was a matter of brute force and hacksaw, generally it's as easy as making two cuts in the bush so a section of about 1 cm can be removed, this allows the old bush to be knocked out.
The picture below shows the components of the Powerflex bushes with the bolt kit purchased from Steve Heath: bolt, metal washer, nylon washer, rubber bush, metal insert, rubber bush, nylon washer, metal washer and nut
Here it is fitted together:
So after I replaced the lower ball joints with new ones that was all the prep complete, time to fit to the car.
I forgot to take photos of the actual event, it wasn't THAT exciting :o) ...it was a matter of sticking the car on axel stands, remove the wheel, put a liberal dose of penetration oil on the old wishbone nuts and bolts and the big ball joint nut, go have a cup of tea, remove the lower shock absorber bolt (don't forget to support the wishbone assembly with an axel stand or jack), remove the ball joint nut and then the two wishbone bolts.
Fitting the new wishbone was pretty much the same (but in reverse) the only adjustment I had to make was to use thinner nylon thrust washers to get the wishbone the fit.
With the job complete it's time to get the car through its MOT and back on the road...
