Howdy

I just started rebuilding the front suspension on my 1989 two wheel drive dakota. I have put upper control arm bushings in a bunch of A-bodies but this style with a pivot bar is new to me! I have torches, air chisel, a small shop press, and a decent collection of press tooling plus a good vise and big hammers.

All the ways I have removed UCAs before use allthread or bolts thru the bushings which are currently occupied by the pivot bar.

So far I got the lower control arm jacked up, the ball joints loose, the rusty shock stripped, marked the alignment for reinstallation, and took the pivot bar nuts off. I had to order a bigger upper ball joint socket- 2 9/64” or something. I won’t be removing the UCA to do the bushings until after I unscrew the ball joint so I have a couple days to think about how to get the top bushings out. I’m guessing it will be kind of like doing bearing caps on a universal joint where the pivot bar is captured in there?

Thanks in advance for any help!