[shyann]

Brian, my other half recently [at the weekend] replaced the rear bushes of my Kat.
There was still a klonking whenever I went over any of the numerous potholes or speed humps, having already put new shocks & rubber top mounts on the Puma. As the weather was better & he had a few days off he changed the bushes.
The reasons for putting the ordinary Ford bushes in instead of the Powerflex ones was :
-As my Kat is an old R Reg & hopefully in a couple of years I'd get a newer Kat.
-The Ford bushes are cheaper, even more so as my brother-in-law Ford discount.
-I've heard that you get a harder, noisier ride with the Powerflex ones.

I've put a couple of pictures in the gallery of what Brian did.

After jacking it up safely & securely, he exposed the old bush & drilled it out, cleaned & deburred it. The old bushes were completely Knackered & really needed doing.
Using a tool similar to the tool you can buy £60+ helped put most of the new bush in place. It's a Very Tight Fit & wouldn't go fully into place. Only one thing for it he took the axel off leaving the brake hub [he cut the ABS wires & reatached them later when he had put the axel back- otherwise it's more work because you'd have to take the brakes off] He took the axel to his friend who had a hydraulic press to finish off putting the tight bushes in. Then it was a matter of fixing the axel back, reattach the ABS brakes & hub. He finished tightening the suspension when the Puma was on his wheels.

In hindsight it would probably be easier to let a good garage do it, or to fit the Powerflex ones which are a lot easier to fit.

Ann

[shyann]

Update,
Having driven my Puma around & about the country roads this afternoon, he handled much better, than before, no klonking & was a joy to drive.

[eldoodarino]

[PeteST24]

Thats good

I got the job of replacing all my bushes coming up soon too and like you I will just use the Ford ones. I need to get some shocks and springs aswell, will probably get Gmax shocks and springs