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after burning it out or whatever, it looks like you ought to be able to just push it right in. i was thinking of changing mine out sometime soon and didn't think it looked difficult enough to need a special tool to put it in. if i ran into trouble, i was going to try putting the new ones in the freezer for a few hours before installation to make them contract slightly, and maybe heat up the area they insert into to expand the hole a bit to allow a little extra room to play with.
if that doesn't let them slide in easily i'd try something else before going to a shop. i was thinking about it and the best i could come up with was to use a vice clamp of some type and 4 pieces of wood. i can't remember if the insert sticks out when it's all the way in or not. i'd use one piece on one side of the vice to push the insert into the hole, i'd use the other 3 on the other side. put two down next to the opening, and one over those to bridge the gap (hold all these in place somehow with tape i guess until i get the clamp on) the little bridge i'm thinking of will allow the insert to stick out on the other side when it's all the way in, if it needs to. put the vice on and tighten it down as if it were a press of some type.
anyway, i'll eventually get to this project. i've got a brake line or two to change, and some other more pressing issues with my dad's 87 crx's suspension (sister ran it into a ditch and bent the mess out of the lower control arm, and i need to find one in a junkyard)
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10-26-2004, 09:10 PM
