excavator bushing removal

[flanagaj]

The excavator I recently purchased is a bit slack on some of the bushings and I want to replace them.  I don’t have an oxyacetylene torch, welder or means of cutting them out.

 

Does anyone have any experience of doing this.  It looks like a job that could be a right xxxxxxcx if you don’t have the right tools or do it via a specific approach.

 

it’s a 1.8T machine and uses 30mm pins.

 

[SimonD]

I've seen it done with a dremmel. Or very carefully use a reciprocating saw. There's been once or twice in my time on other vehicles I've used a sharp pin to drive in behind a bushing to make it fold, but this obviously risks some damage to the surface and your bushing thickness may just make this impractical.

 

I'm guessing you've got some kind of rig to bear the boom?

[Russell griffiths]

First thing to do is put some safety glasses on. 
they are extremely hard and can shatter. 
 

I would look at some YouTube videos 

I did mine at the bucket end. 
 

you can do it a few ways, make up a puller/ pusher tool buy using some threaded rod 16mm 

you will need some old sockets from a socket set or buy some cheap Chinese rubbish from Amazon, 

get a socket the exact or just smaller than the bush add on a small extension bar, place on face of bush and whack the f##k out of it. After 3-4 whacks you will see it move. 
 

if it’s a two piece bush so one either side with a gap in the middle you can get a foot long cold chisel and put it through one bush and up against the other bush. Again whack the be Jesus out of it. 
 

it’s not a delicate operation. 
 

all sockets and extension bar will be buggered at the end so don’t borrow your mates best snap on set. 🤣🤣

 

 

SO YOU BOUGHT A DIGGER THEN. 
you kept that quiet. 
have fun. 

[Nestor]

7 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said:

SO YOU BOUGHT A DIGGER THEN. 
you kept that quiet. 
have fun. 

This.

[Russell griffiths]

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loads of info on there regarding anything digger related.