I believe you also need the appropriately sized dies (sp?). I have also seen the shop presses in Harbor Freight and I am just waiting for an excuse to buy one.
Regards, Jesse Les Noriel wrote: > 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.
