Manitou Radium rear shock bushings

blackrockracer

I'm getting a bit of movement in the bushing on the rear shock and have removed it to try to replace the bushing . Firstly , I ordered parts , got a nylon replacement insert . However the insert that is worn on the shock looks like a metal inserted bushing.

Can anybody shed any light on how to go about removing this part to repalce with new bushing?
Any info or tips would be greatly recieved.

nicklouse

press it out and press it in. you need a DU bearing tool. yes they are metal.

here is something from Fox.

http://service.foxracingshox.com/consum ... ce2011.htm

blackrockracer

Thanks for that nicklouse . Thats exaclty what I had in mind in terms of tools etc needed to do the job . Next mission is to find somewhere selling the DU removal tools .

cooldad

BETD sell expensive ones (£30 ish), or there are more reasonable ones on Ebay (£15 ish)

nicklouse

make sure you get the correct size tool

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12792339