|
Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
06-07-2008, 07:24 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Evansburg, Alberta
Posts: 9
|
Rubber trailing arm bushings
Hi i have a 71 GMC 2 wheel drive and im having a hard time getting the rubber bushings out of my trailing arm. I was wandering if any one knew any tricks, or if all i neer is a bigger hammer. Thanks
|
|
|
|
06-07-2008, 07:37 PM
|
#2 |
|
Moderator
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Southern Cal
Posts: 20,031
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
get a torch and burn them out!
|
|
|
|
|
06-07-2008, 08:44 PM
|
#3 |
|
so easy a caveman can do it...
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Posts: 419
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
I tried for a little while with a propane torch and took them to a friends shop with an oxyacetylene torch and they were out in 3 minutes
|
|
|
|
|
06-07-2008, 08:48 PM
|
#4 |
|
That's right, it's Copper!!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Bakersfield, Central California
Posts: 558
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
You can press them out, press new ones in!
|
|
|
|
|
06-07-2008, 10:29 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Parksville, B.C. Canada
Posts: 637
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
You're probably better off burning them out, if you try and press them out (like I did) you will probably bend the end of the trailing arm in (like I did), then I ended up burning them out, but the smoke that burning rubber makes is pretty nasty,fyi.
__________________
1969 G.M.C 3/4 Ton 920 (Canadian Version) 307 3 speed, currently apart 1998 Chevy 1/2 ton ex cab V-6 5 speed 1967 Chevy SWB - project truck; not started just yet |
|
|
|
|
06-07-2008, 10:53 PM
|
#6 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Evansburg, Alberta
Posts: 9
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
thanks for the info thats what i will do Thanks
|
|
|
|
|
06-07-2008, 11:00 PM
|
#7 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Charles City IA
Posts: 1,626
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
Do it over a trash can, and use a plumbers torch and a hammer. See if this Helps
__________________
'67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A |
|
|
|
|
06-09-2008, 11:56 PM
|
#8 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Evansburg, Alberta
Posts: 9
|
Re: Rubber trailing arm bushings
for anyone interested i used a little propane torch and heated up the metal sleeve till the rubber caught on fire and then pushed the sleeve out with an old bolt. When the rubber cooled i used a pair of pliers to pull it ot. Worked great
|
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
|
Linear Mode
