Xantia Front Suspension Arm Bushes

[DocBrown]

Recently I noticed the car tramlining badly on uneven roads and it seemed to want to wander slightly even on flat roads. Time to change the bushes.

I managed to get the front drivers side suspension arm off the car, (a good tip is to disengage BOTH anti-rollbar droplinks to give more movement to enable the arm to be manipulated from the subframe etc), but then realised the normal methods of removing bushes using threaded rod, spacers and thick washers wasn't going to work. No matter what socket combination I used, the angle of the front bush in relation to the angle of the arm meant I couldn't press it out. The rear arm bush is also slightly unusual in that it is pressed around the 'spindle' end of the arm (trailing end) instead of pressed inside like the front bush.

It seemed to be the rear bush that is causing all the problems as due to its design, there's a lot of twisting of the rubber which means ultimately the rubber pulls away from the metal 'cage' with the result of weird self steering effect and worn tyres.

Has anyone on this forum managed to find a bush removal tool that fits the angled front bush or managed to cobble together something that works?

Any advice please as I don't want to have to buy complete arms as I've already bought a bush set and the arms being forged steel have nothing wrong with them - apart from these pesky bushes.

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