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05-09-2009, 01:22 PM
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Trailing arm bushing
I am about to replace the trialing arm bushings in my '69. Is there an easy way to get them out?
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05-09-2009, 01:38 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
I have used a c-clamp with a socket to push em out, i also recently used a balljoint tool to remove/replace. I have heard of ppl burning the rubber out with a propane torch etc. good luck with your approach...
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05-09-2009, 01:58 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
Torch 'em!
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05-09-2009, 02:11 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
Press works great.
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05-09-2009, 02:51 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
I torched mine. Hold the torch on it till the rubber oozes out.
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05-09-2009, 03:18 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
They come out fairly easy, with an air chisel. I just replaced mine, and used and air chisel, and vibrated them out. With the arms on my bench, I was done in less than thirty minutes. I bought a set of used arms from a board member, and knocked out the old bushings before they went to the powdercoater. When I got them back I set them on the bench, and used a large socket that would set on the outside shoulder of the bushings, and a BFH and away we go
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05-09-2009, 05:39 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
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05-09-2009, 06:01 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
15 seconds in the press. No smoke, no drippy rubber.
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05-09-2009, 06:24 PM
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Re: Trailing arm bushing
I heated them slightly with a heat gun and then pressed a socket through and everything came out.
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05-09-2009, 06:28 PM
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