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1. I am using a Stilson wrench to remove the existing bushes. However
due to the softness of cast iron the wrench simply seems to be marking
the metal and not removing a few of them. What are the alternatives?
Can you purchase spanners for 1 1/4" bushes (they have a 1 3/4 outer
hex so I am guessing the spanner size would be 1 3/4")?

Yes. Your nearest industrial suppliers should have plenty of large
spanners and suitably beefy spanners far beyond that size. But you're
going to be paying £30 to £50 for one. Shove a piece o fsteel pipe over
the handle for Extra leverage.

Of course a Stilson wrench will mark the nuts -- the jaws are quite
deliberately serrated and they aren't parallel either.