LCA Bushings Removal
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Anyone have any tricks for pressing out the LCA bushings? I don't have a press, so maybe someone has a good tip. Thanks!
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Re: LCA Bushings Removal
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I did, and they had them for almost two months and did nothing other than let them sit on the floor. Hence why I have them at home and will do them myself.
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Re: LCA Bushings Removal
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Thanks. I already pressed out the pivots, but don't remember the inner sleeve of the bushing coming out with them. I'll check this weekend. I already removed/installed the UCA bushings using hand tools made for that purpose (you can get them at Mancini). I will use them to install the LCA bushings, too. Getting the old ones out is the problem.
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Re: LCA Bushings Removal
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Uppers are a piece of cake and can be R+R'd in a bench vice with sockets to press into and out of.
But on the lowers - 99% of the time the outer sleeve stays in . I use an air chisel to cut a slit in the side of the sleeve and pull it out.
Press the new bushing in the arm, then support the bushing fron the backside when pressing the pin back in or you will push the rubber/inner sleeve out of the bushing out the backside.
trust me, been there done that
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Re: LCA Bushings Removal
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Quote:
Anyone have any tricks for pressing out the LCA bushings? I don't have a press, so maybe someone has a good tip.
Thanks!
No mention of replacements?...if your going with Poly (which I recommend) you need to leave the other bushing shells in the LCA, I just usually torch the rubber out, leaving the shell, then glassbead the assy, then paint, or cosmoline, or both,...the poly bushings just slide in with lube, depending on the poly bushing of choice some require the inner sleeve stay on the pivot shaft as well, that installs by hand with lube as well,...so basically with poly you just need to burn out the rubber, and clean up the assys/install bushings by hand...
if your doing factory style, I still like to torch out the rubber, collaspe the outer shell in the LCA to remove, and carefully grind a slot on the inner sleeve to remove the inner shell from the pivot shaft,....a press is the only correct way to install a new bushing,....do the poly, you'll never look at a factory bushing again
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Re: LCA Bushings Removal
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Anyone have any tricks for pressing out the LCA bushings? I don't have a press, so maybe someone has a good tip.
Thanks!
No mention of replacements?...if your going with Poly (which I recommend) you need to leave the other bushing shells in the LCA, I just usually torch the rubber out, leaving the shell, then glassbead the assy, then paint, or cosmoline, or both,...the poly bushings just slide in with lube, depending on the poly bushing of choice some require the inner sleeve stay on the pivot shaft as well, that installs by hand with lube as well,...so basically with poly you just need to burn out the rubber, and clean up the assys/install bushings by hand...
if your doing factory style, I still like to torch out the rubber, collaspe the outer shell in the LCA to remove, and carefully grind a slot on the inner sleeve to remove the inner shell from the pivot shaft,....a press is the only correct way to install a new bushing,....do the poly, you'll never look at a factory bushing again
Yes, the new bushings are poly. The ones I have are complete with shells, so I need to get the old shells out. All that is left in the control arm at this point is the outer shell. The old rubber pulled right out with no problems.
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