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Wanted to add...removing the rear bushings is easy if you don't do it the way I did.

That is, be SURE to run a sharp knife where each bushing sits against the flat spring plate. I only ran a single cut through the bushing width-wise where I should also have cut the bushing away where it sits against the plates.

As a result, it took twice as long for the heat from my propane torch to reach the "backside" of the bush, and so where it was ready to peel off the round sections, it wouldn't budge from the back.

Take your time on the heat, plenty of time to let everything cook from the inside. Use the tool (if you got one) with your Neatrix bushings - the one with the curved, sharpened end, to immediately scrape all manner of rubber grunge from the round section WHILE EVERYTHING IS STILL HOT. Use a flat scraper to handle the flat spring plate proper.

Cleanup is easy using Easy Off or a good stripper left over from the days you thought you could strip your own Fuchs.

John
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