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Procedures | Saab 9000 home-made front bush replacement tool |
Back to Replacing the Saab 9000 front lower control arm bushes To remove and replace the front bushes on the front lower control arms on my 9000 Aero, I put together the little home-made tool shown below. All dimensions are metric. If you work in imperial, you'll have to convert (well you did buy a European car!). Bits you needI brought one of my new front bushes shopping with me and found the following:
The plastic pipe turned out to be strong enough for removing the old bushes, but I ruined a couple of pieces while pressing the new ones in - I got a 2m length for £0.99, so I had plenty to play with. If I had to do it again, I would look for copper or other metal pipe. I arrived at 38mm pipe simply because the bush fitted exactly inside it. This is the best way to choose your pipe - take the bush with you, especially if you can't get metric sizes. The M8 threaded rod also fits exactly through the centre of the bush. Again, take the bush with you if you have to substitute an imperial size. You want the biggest that will fit through the centre of the bush. Get at least 3 nuts to fit and some large-ish washers. Making the toolMaking the tool is easy (probably easier than using it):
Using the toolPlease use this in conjunction with Replacing the Saab 9000 front lower control arm bushes, as there is important additional information there. Removing the old bush
Inserting the new bush
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