Installing trail arm bushing?????? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

moose · 02-15-2003, 02:12 AM

Do i need to pressthe bushing out out or can they be driven out with a hammer, and the drove back in with a hammer I have new polyurethane to install any help would be great thanks Moose

Hotrod70C10 · 02-15-2003, 05:28 AM

I've seen that some of the guys on here melted them with a propane torch. You can press them out also. I haven't gotten to this yet but I think with some of the poly kits you have to reuse the metal insert of the old bushing.

hobby67stepside · 02-15-2003, 11:16 AM

I would suggest using a press. Use bushings or spacers of some sort to keep the two flanges from getting bent out of shape. I learned this the hard way. Sockets of the right length can be put in between them to keep things in shape. Just go slow and watch carefully what is happening.

slam33 · 02-15-2003, 11:27 AM

If your going with the polys, you will need to leave the outer steel sleeve. Just get a propane torch and heat or melt the rubber untill you can push them out. Then clean up the sleeve, lube the new bushings and install them

*Gee_Emm* · 02-15-2003, 11:27 AM

I set the rubber on fire to get it out then spent a couple hours trying everything to get the damn things out. It wasnt fun.

02-15-2003, 02:12 AM	#1
moose Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Omaha Nebraska Posts: 154	Installing trail arm bushing?????? Do i need to pressthe bushing out out or can they be driven out with a hammer, and the drove back in with a hammer I have new polyurethane to install any help would be great thanks Moose __________________ 69 C/10 swb coming along slow but sure 4 yr and counting Omaha Nebr 7I JIMMY 350 4speed daily driver/next prodject 99Yukon wifes

02-15-2003, 05:28 AM	#2
Hotrod70C10 Low & Slow Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,047	I've seen that some of the guys on here melted them with a propane torch. You can press them out also. I haven't gotten to this yet but I think with some of the poly kits you have to reuse the metal insert of the old bushing. __________________ 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside 4.5/6 drop

02-15-2003, 11:27 AM	#4
slam33 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Long Beach, Ca Posts: 1,432	If your going with the polys, you will need to leave the outer steel sleeve. Just get a propane torch and heat or melt the rubber untill you can push them out. Then clean up the sleeve, lube the new bushings and install them __________________ 71 LWB 350/350still working on it but it's going tp be sweet. www.geocities.com/stevemau/slam33page.html " TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/stevemau/slam33page.html?1004806705410 </A>

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02-15-2003, 11:16 AM	#3
hobby67stepside Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 952	I would suggest using a press. Use bushings or spacers of some sort to keep the two flanges from getting bent out of shape. I learned this the hard way. Sockets of the right length can be put in between them to keep things in shape. Just go slow and watch carefully what is happening.

02-15-2003, 11:27 AM	#5
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	I set the rubber on fire to get it out then spent a couple hours trying everything to get the damn things out. It wasnt fun.



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