Upper Control Arm Bearing Replacement - YouTube Video Now Live

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Upper Control Arm Bearing Replacement - YouTube Video Now Live

Post by MG-Lee » Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:18 pm

Hi,

If you was interested in seeing how I get on replacing the MG TF's upper control arm bearings the video is now up on YouTube (link below).

https://youtu.be/BKSdbJ5819c

Many thanks,
Lee

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Re: Upper Control Arm Bearing Replacement - YouTube Video Now Live

Post by MrNatural » Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:36 pm

Thanks Lee :thumbsu:

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Re: Upper Control Arm Bearing Replacement - YouTube Video Now Live

Post by Rob Bell » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:29 pm

Good work Lee! And great to see F/TF content on YouTube :thumbsu:

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Re: Upper Control Arm Bearing Replacement - YouTube Video Now Live

Post by mgb281 » Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:03 am

If you don’t have the proper tool then you can order a clever “device “ from Mike Satur. From the attached photos you can see it’s a steel disc 21mm in diameter with about 2mm removed from one side. You just insert it through the bearing hole, flip it flat then using the old pivot shaft tap the old bearing out. Then repeat for the other side. Total time to do both arms less than ten minutes, including cleaning up the bore and fitting new bearings twenty minutes.
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