Wishbone bush replacement.

[TVRTASMIN]

Any body know how difficult it is to replace the front wishbone bushes and balljoints on a 1990 W124.

i've got access to a press plus blow torch if needed.

Thanks in advance.

Ian

 

[tom7035]

There is much on this in the past, if you do a search.

 

[turnipsock]

Pretty easy.

There is a blow by blow account of my ball joint replacement somewhere.

 

[TVRTASMIN]

I removed the bushes and balljoints from a pair of S/H wishbones from Dronsfields earlier this evening.

I noticed that the rubber bushes had raised pips of rubber on them but i think the wishbones were not from the same car as there were three pips on one set of wishbone bushes and two on the other.

On removal, there is a flat side to the inner part of the rubber bush on opposing sides, so the bushing rubber actually looks oval.
On one wishbone the orientation of the flat side of the oval was vertical and on the other it was horizontal.
Is there a correct way to install the bushes?

Also one wishbone had the aluminium tube sleeves between the bushes but the other just had a short piece of tube in each bush.
I'm assuming the tube is inserted into the bushes when fitted and the unflaired end flaired somehow.