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Does anyone know how to remove the Jon Whyte Designs bushings from the bottom of an rp2 shock? They appear to be fused into the eyelet.


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 12:42 pm
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How are you trying to remove it? A socket or a proper tool? (£10 on ebay with sapre busings)


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 12:48 pm
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Vice, that's how Mojo informed me it could be done. So much easier if it were a regular bushing!


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 1:21 pm
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Vice and?
TBH I can't see that they will be using anything that's not a "normal" bushing (happy to be told I'm wrong).

I used to use sockets and a vice to push them out, but it a nause to get it to line up right, so spent the money on a proper tool, this makes an easyish job a doddle and as I say for the price of a [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/140587185644?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0 ]£10 you'll get a couple of spare bushings too.[/url]


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 1:28 pm
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If it's one of these [img] [/img] or one of the earlier Marin black sets, I think you've got a problem. Once installed there is nothing to get any purchase on to get them out. Clamp in a vice and use brute force is probably your only option, aided by the usual heat/cold.


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 1:37 pm
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Wow, apologies if this is what you have? I haven't seen (or thought of) one of those in years, think I used a mole grips to get a marin one out (IIRC), wasn't pretty though..


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 1:40 pm
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Yeah, I think molegrips were involved when I had to try and get them off my Mount Vision shock. And probably some swearing.


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 1:42 pm
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Bugger! Looks like i might have to polish the bushes to avoid a nasty aesthetic.

cheers folks!


 
Posted : 08/09/2014 1:49 pm