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I've been told this is pretty easy but want to double check before I get half way through a job and star attacking everything in sight with a hammer!

The second hand ones I have still have the rubber bush on so it must be possible to swop without cuttin these. Is it obvious to see how it's done once the wheels off etc ?

Thanks
Sam

The easiest way is to remove the ARB and clamp it in a bench vice. Then use a ratchet strap to coax everything together - that's what I was told anyway. I'm sure its explained better on here somewhere.

Whilst you're in there though I would replace the bushes on the ARB mounts and the drop links; they're not overly pricey and you might as well do it all in one go. It would be a pain to fit the second hand ones only to change them again in the future

take the bush out from the link and off the arb bar.

apply grease to the inner AND outer faces of the bush , also the the inner of the drop link and outer of the roll bar.

push the bush halfway onto the bar

push the droplink onto the bush about half way.

rotate (much as poss) and push the drop link as it goes onto the bar

the link should push the rubber as it goes on and all should pop into place , without removing the bar from the van!

this is how i have always done it no problem!

Sounds straightforward, I must get mine back out of the shed & back on the van

as Billy says but I find the use of a 18" length of 1 1/2x 1 1/2 as a press piece helps and makes it easier to hold the link and you can use two hands, as does standing on a crate you can apply a lot more pressure, silicon lube for rubber plumbing fittings works well too, just make sure you are sure which one is which cos you'll be well pissed if you put them on backwards or upside down

Thanks guys, very useful advice there. I'll be giving it a go over the weekend.

Sam