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DeDion Bushing Replacement
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:51 am
by Terry Johnston
I seem to remeber somewhaere that one could remove the deDion bushing without removing the the dedion triangle. I believe the front of the triangle was lowered and the orignal bushi9ng was cut out with a electric reciprocating saw. Anybody ever done that or does it seem to be a valid way to do it? I am planning to use the poly bushing not uniball.
Terry Johnston
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:54 am
by Murray
Terry I guess in theory it's possible if you can get the rear end up good and high and find a way of blocking the assembly against the movement of the saw.The bushing is not only pressed into the dedion but it is also "staked" in other words the factory drives a punch into the upper "barrel" of the dedion which creates twp ridges which prevent the bushing from moving upwards.I found this one of the nastiest jobs I've done on my GTV6 - and I've done them all
If I was doing this again I'd pull the whole triangle and transaxle out of the car which makes the whole job much simpler.It's pretty simple to get it out and gives you the opportunity to check all the other failure prone components while you're at it.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:41 am
by Micke
I just removed my bush to replace it with a uniball. Taking down the DeDion is the easy way but theoretivally it is possible with it mounted for sure. First option is better time and sweatwise.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:01 am
by ALFA GTV6 GP
Micke
Did you source you uniball from RS Racing or IAP ?
I plan on doing the same on my GTV6's one road, one track which would you recommend my options are IAP Poly bushing SZ bushing IAP uniball and RS Racing uniball for road and track ?
John
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:19 pm
by Micke
my uniball is from SKF.
i have no experience in the others.
for road, i'd stick with oe. i also used it in my race car without problems. i'm replacing it with the uniball just as i happen to have the axle off. i really don't expect any big improvement.
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:53 pm
by Daniel
Micke, what was the SKF number of that bearing ?
While I've got mine apart, I'd like to change that out.
Thanks.
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:55 pm
by Daniel
Micke, what was the SKF number of that bearing ?
While I've got mine apart, I'd like to change that out.
Thanks.
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 6:25 am
by Micke
I'll check it out as soon as I'm back home. It is NOT a direct replacement though!
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:43 am
by Micke
Almost forgot.
SKF GEH 25 ES-2RS is the bearing I use.