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The new shock bushing tool

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We finally have our shock bushing tool made as we want it. The previous tools worked fine but being the finicky type I am it wasn't 'exactly' as good as I thought it should be. Not saying this one is perfect but in many little ways it is a much better tool. A lot of the credit for the finished product goes to Mick Warren at Macquarie Precision Engineering who turning my thoughts into reality. Given my skills in design and drafting (none at all) Mick had the job of turning all ideas expressed into this tool. The final product looks great and is helped by the cool anodising but most of what I am happy out is the precision of the parts. As a backgrounder: The shock eye bushings (aka DU bush) used in mtb shocks is designed to be sacrificial, but unfortunately it is also one of the smallest and best hidden parts AND really hard to change without setting aside some shed time. I know this because I did a few of these the hard way before I found the CTS bushing tool which