Have been working on suspension on '97 xj6; lower shock mount bushings in control arm specifically, so thought Id share the success of this project. Found a thread on here earlier last month where a guy tore the control arms apart to access the bushings in order to cut them out and replace. Good news to future enthusiasts: you dont have to remove the whole control arm assembly to accomplish this. Remove wheel, remove sway bar link, chisel out center soft metal and rubber inserts of the bushing- once you have the guts removed, you can easily use a single ended frame hacksaw to cut through the bottom length of the bushing, once through use a chisel or flat tooth screwdriver to get between and under the severed parts and start tapping it out- should take no more than a half hour total. New bushings should be started in from rear side of mounting boss, from back of car to front as they are slightly tapered bosses. These were easily pressed in using a grade 8 bolt, a spacer bushing and some flat thick washers of appropriate size on either side of bearing and boss to Pull/Press the bushing in, you'll need a box end wrench and a deep well socket/ratchet. Use a little white lithium greace inside bushing boss and on bushing outer surface, they went in rather easily and very snug and they seat well. I had to adjust and resituate the washers and spacer due to depth restraints and such regarding the threads of the bolt, etc, but the keen DIYer should be able to figure it out as he/she goes along. Really simple and quick fix. Hope this helps.

 

I've moved your thread from General Tech Help to X300 forum.

Did you take pics?

Graham

 

No Pics. Why moved to X300 when I am an XJ6? Curious as to how and why this works...? Thank you.

 

The 95-97MY XJ6 were code named X300. You'll see the forums are split for different models as there are significant differences between say a series III XJ6, an XJ40 XJ6 and an X300 XJ6.

Welcome!!

 

SJC you mention " once you have the guts removed, you can easily use a single ended frame hacksaw to cut through the bottom length of the bushing, once through use a chisel or flat tooth screwdriver to get between and under the severed parts and start tapping it out- "

would you kindly elaborate this part as it seems vague, just wondering if you can already push out the bushing why cut the the bottom length of the bushing? would you share picture of the cut bushing?

 

"what is to Ceasar let it be with Ceasar" Thanks for moving all the issues of X300 to where it belongs, Super thanks for paying attention to this.

 

Jaguar used XJ6 on 5 different models from 1968 to 1997. As if this wasn't sufficiently confusing, they used it again in 2003 on a sixth model!

On the forum we use the factory model codes to distinguish between all these models. Daphne is therefore an X300.

Graham

 

Thanks guys for the X300 designation/forum application. I get it!

 

Cool, will post my answer to your question in X300 column where it belongs! ;O)

 

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Originally Posted by cool

SJC you mention " once you have the guts removed, you can easily use a single ended frame hacksaw to cut through the bottom length of the bushing, once through use a chisel or flat tooth screwdriver to get between and under the severed parts and start tapping it out- "

would you kindly elaborate this part as it seems vague, just wondering if you can already push out the bushing why cut the the bottom length of the bushing? would you share picture of the cut bushing?

Since the pics I found were on this forum I didnt feel compelled to post more pics, as they were same as mine except I chose not to remove the whole control arm upper/lwr assy. I'll try to find the thread again and post a link to it. Here is the lower shock bushing: New Jaguar Front Lower Shock Bushing CAC75851 | eBay
The center "guts" include the center bushing that the mounting bolt passes through and the rubber shock absorbing material around it. When these go bad, the center bolt pass-through-bushing will usually have started to separate from the rubber absorber material, this will push relatively easily out, then you can tear the rubber absorber material away from the outer bushing casing (which will have been pressed into the lower control arm shock mount boss- the round opening it is pressed into). This outer casing/race, that has been originally pressed into its boss is what has to be cut through length-wise and pryed away and out of the boss.
Sorry, not able to locate the thread with the pics. the guy had photo'd his tear down and install. If I come across it, I'll post it.

Here is another good link though, for past repair projects and training/maintenance manuals: JagRepair.com - Jaguar Repair Information Resource

 

Hi Steven, About to replace the control arm bushes - where did you source your new control arm bushes from?

Thanks mate

 

Does anyone have any experience of performing his procedure on the front lower shock bushings??

 

Yes it's quite straightforward and you can do it on the car. Just fashion a tool made from some threaded rod and sockets to remove and replace the bushing from the hub.

You will probably have to undo the roll bar link to get easier access to the shock mount bolt.

 

Cool I'll try it and see.

 

Juliesjag69 Does anyone have any experience of performing his procedure on the front lower shock bushings??

Juliesjag69 this procedure was for the lower front shock bushings.

 

I went to several sources: try Jagbits.com, partsgeek.com had a lot of the items I needed, and check ebay for your specific parts. I used aftermarket parts and all have worked out well and seem to be high quality parts. I also check the reviews from past consumers and do some research on the part suppliers. partsgeek was very helpful and good communication, and the jag guys on ebay have always come through well for me. Hope this helps!

 

Partsgeek looks good thanks Steven

 

Hi Lawerence
Thanks for that update, that's a project thats on my to do list very soon so the info you posted will be a big help for me

Thx again
BigBoss in Dallas TX

 

Yea sorry saw that after, is it a difficult job cutting the outer bush casing?? just that if you make 2 cuts opposite it will just fall out surely.

 

I tried that, but no. you'll need to cut length wise, as the original bearing was pressed in so it's a very tight fit. once you cut through length wise, you'll need to pry up on the ends and get under the metal bearing until you can force them out with taps on the chisel/ or flat blade screwdriver and it'll push out rather easily once loose. it did cut through relatively easily, all of a couple minutes to cut through, and a minute or so to remove the casing. if you are an adequate do-it-yourselfer, this is pretty easy and quick.

NOTE: when you install the new shock bushing, you must install it in from rear side of its boss and press it in twd front of the car. These bosses are slightly tapered, and you know it until you try to drive the bushing in from the front as I tried to do the send side! spent a 45 minutes trying to get it seated/started before guessing it was a one way install, and sure enough, starting from the rear it was installed in less than 5 minutes! I used a little white lithium grease on the inside fo the boss and the outside of the bushing casing, seated it in the outside rim of the base and tapped it in until it held in place under its own friction, then installed the makeshift bolt-washer-nut press and pressed it the rest of the way in. Once you start the pressing it will start off a bit snug, but continuing force seats the bushing nicely and it follows through pretty smoothly. I did both in the same day. could probably do them again, both, in less than an hour if the task ever came up again.

SOMEWHERE on here a guy has good pics of the process he used, tearing the control arms all the way down, and he has pics of the bearing and its guts being cut/pulled out. Darned if I can find the post though. It's what lead me to start the project and able to complete it.

Hope this helps.
Steven and Daphne!