Managed to get it all finished today. What I was hoping was a 3-4 hour job ended up taking nearly 12 hours... But both bushes are now done.
Definitely a diff out job IMO. Would have been a nightmare trying to do it laying on my back in the driveway on stands.
I was able to press the side bush out about half way with my G-Clamp press kit, then bang it out the rest of the way with an air chisel.
After giving the inside housing a clean up this time I did use some grease on the inside of the housing. Should have done this with the first one. Took about 6 attempts to get the lip started, but once this was half way in, we were able to pop it through the rest of the way by hand! So much easier.
The front bush will also need to be done, it's OK but starting to crack, so will be in my next order from Rockauto.
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2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 3.0lt CRD
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