urthane bushings
 

I would like to replace my front bushings in my a arms.How do i get them apart, Remove the the rubber bushings?

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un bolt them

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do you have the arms off? I just did mine last week. I used a propane torch and set the bushings on fire. I let them burn for about 10 minutes and all the rubber pushed out. I was then able to slide the shafts off the arms. once the rubber was out of the way I just used an air hammer and pushed out the sleeves. eberything came apart real easy, just made a smokey mess! I will take them took work and have the new bushings pressed in. I am sure there are better ways but i was just making do with what I had.

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Yes, I have the assembly off the truck and have been trying to take them apart.

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worked pretty good for me, maybe took 15-20 minutes per arm.

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If you are putting urethane bushings in you will need to reuse the metal sleeve.
The torch method works great for getting the rubber out.
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You can also drill holes in the rubber and pull the pieces out, too.

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Really?
That's cool
Releases the tension holding the rubber in?
Good info Jon
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good luck wwith them. I put the WHOLE complete set, Body Bushings and all. Man that really stiffened things up. I dont think I would do it to a truck again. Mine was an 85 LWB

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There are several threads talking about this....try look in the suspension category.

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Post #39

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=424833&page=2

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My energy suspension poly urethane bushings came with the sleeves...
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Mine too. I vow to never in my life run another urethane control arm bushing. No matter how much of that expensive grease I smeared on them they creaked like the bed in a honeymoon suite at a 10 dollar motel.

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I've run black ones for years and never have to grease them. Then I got a set of red ones and they make tons of noise. Supposedly the black ones have graphite in them to make them quite. I dont know if they do, but they seem to not make noise like the reds.

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I always take them to a shop to have pressed out and new ones pressed in. I did a set once and from then on have taken them somewhere. I also have the lower ball joint pressed in and the upper ball joint cut out at the same time. They charge $75 to $100 around here and it's well worth it.