[AR4me]

Finally got a few more hours in on the car tonight. Took out the old Dedion bushing and pressed in a new poly Dedion bushing. I have seen pros and cons for doing it with the Dedion in the car vs taking it out completely. I decided to do it with the Dedion still in the car, and it proved to be pretty straightforward and simple. Basically, I undid the rear shocks and sway bar at the Dedion to take out the rear springs to allow me to pull down the Dedion at the front. I put the nuts back on the shocks in order to help hold the Dedion - only held by the Watts linkage otherwise. Anyway, with the rear springs out and undone rear sway bar the front of the Dedion can be easily moved up and down. I used a simple C-vise to press out the old Dedion bushing and the new poly Dedion busing as well as metal sleeve in. Before pressing out the old Dedion bushing I chieseled out (most of) the "tabs".

Find below some pics:
1. Remove the rear springs (need to cut a coil anyway),
2. pressing out the old bushing,
3. pressing in the new poly Dedion bushing,
4. pressing in the metal sleeve,
5. all done

I cannot imagine it being much easier with the Dedion completely out. Though, if you are doing other service to the transaxle perhaps it is still worth the extra labor involved in taking it out entirely. We'll see... I plan to do all the stuff with the Dedion and transaxle in the car, simply tilting it forward and backward to attend the various items.

Jes