Jaguar World – July 2019

92 |JaguarWorld/July 2019

CLASSICWORKSHOP

Thefront-mostmount/bushforthefrontsubframeislocatedwitha
clamp.Slackeningthe¾innutandboltforthisclampwillhelpwith
removingthemount,butdonotextractthenutandbolt

Onthenearsidefront,thecoolanthoseconnectedtothebottomofthe
radiatormaybeintheway.Ifso,releasethepressurecapanddrainthe
coolantviathe^5 / 8 indrainplugonthefrontunderside

Cleaninsidethehousingforthebushusingabrasivepaper,thenwipeit
cleanwithaclothtoremovealltracesofdirt.Inspecttheconditionof
the1innutandbolt,makingsurethethreadsandflatsarenotdamaged

Alarge1innutandboltisfittedthrougheachfrontmountforthe

subframe.Undoboth.Ifyouareattemptingthisyourself,butdonot

havethecorrectsizesocketsandspanners,anadjustablewrenchwilldo

Detachthebottomcoolanthosefromtheradiator,andthereshould

nowbejustenoughroomtoextracttheoldmountingbushforthe

nearsideofthefrontsubframe

Fitthenewbushinsidethehousingandrefitthesteelcollarwithasmear

ofcoppergreaseappliedtotheexterior.Refitthelongmountingbolt,

rememberingtoslideanywashersbackintoposition.Fullytightenall

remainingnutsandbolts

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Usingahammerandadrift,knocktheoffside

frontmountingboltthroughtoextractit(it

canremaininsitu,asshownhere).Makea

noteofanywashersfittedtoensuretheyare

refittedinthesameorder

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Collectasteelcollarinsidethecentreofthe

bush.Driftouttheoldbushontheoffsidefront.

Becauseitsclamphasalreadybeenreleasedit

shouldbequitestraightforwardtoextract

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Positionatransmissionjackunderneaththe
frontsubframe.Thishelpstotaketheload
offthefrontmountsandmakesiteasierto
extractthelargemountingbolts(nextstep)

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FRONTSUBFRAME:FRONTBUSHES