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Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: A12] #1071921 09/23/11 02:23 AM 09/23/11 02:23 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,514 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,514 N.E. OHIO, USA	2 6838413-Disney042004mem1a202.jpg (98 downloads)

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1071922 09/23/11 02:47 AM 09/23/11 02:47 AM
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newem member N Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 27	Quote: Quote: Put it in a vice, take the blade off a hack saw, put it through the sleeve, reattach blade to hacksaw... then cut the sleeve out. Try that & you'll be cutting the control arm... There is a step between the back of the pocket that receives the bushing & the pocket that receives the torsion bar... I stand corrected. In the past I've cut the lip with a dremel and then chisled down to collapse it.

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: hemi71x] #1071923 09/23/11 03:13 AM 09/23/11 03:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: 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! Yep, read this tech article. http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/tipstricks/155_0306_control_arms/index.html I've done dozens of sets of control arms & this is probably the easiest method... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1071924 09/23/11 12:35 PM 09/23/11 12:35 PM
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jrwoodjoe master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,526 Tenn.	FWIW, I had the little tool deal from AR to remove mine but regarding pressing the new bushings back in. I called around and found a tire shop that had a press. They were very careful and did not scratch the refinished LCAs at all. Charged me 15 or 20 bucks to do it. Joe 65 Barracuda 70 Challenger

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: Erik] #1071925 09/26/11 12:45 AM 09/26/11 12:45 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 654 MN astrobuf mopar
astrobuf mopar Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 654 MN	Quote: 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. The inner sleeve of the LCA bushing is still on the pivot shaft. Look, you'll see it there. To remove it, you need to make several thin slits around the cicrcumfrence of the the sleeve. I did this with a dremel tool and a small slitting wheel. I think used a cold chisel to open these slits up a bit. This releases the press fit stress and the sleeve then just falls off the shaft. There is no way to put the LCA bushing on without having a hydraulic prsss available. It takes a fair amount of force to do the job. The Moparts article cited above is a great help. You'll need a few arbors to do the job correctly. Astrobuf So, are you really a Rocket Scientist?

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: astrobuf] #1071926 09/26/11 04:28 PM 09/26/11 04:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,288 Stroudsburg, PA Erik OP master
Erik OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,288 Stroudsburg, PA	I got them out in about 10 min using the tool I picked up from AR. Made it really easy. Now to blast and paint the LCAs. I already have access to a press to put the new bushings in so I think I am all set. Thanks everybody! 1970 Challenger Convertible soon to be T/A convertible Contrary to the opinions of some, I am not dumber than I look.

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: Erik] #1071927 10/05/13 12:50 AM 10/05/13 12:50 AM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX kentj340 top fuel
kentj340 top fuel Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX	Takes only a few minutes to remove the OD bushing shells from the LCA semi-blind hole with the American Muscle tool and a piece of tail pipe. 7876581-02FrontSuspension.Llowercontrolarm12.bushingshellremoval..jpg (59 downloads) Last edited by kentj340; 10/05/13 03:09 AM. If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: kentj340] #1071928 10/05/13 12:53 AM 10/05/13 12:53 AM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX kentj340 top fuel
kentj340 top fuel Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX	Photo shows the tool halves digging in to the shell wall. 7876588-02FrontSuspension.Llowercontrolarm16.bushingshellremoval..jpg (66 downloads) If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.

Re: LCA Bushings Removal [Re: kentj340] #1071929 10/05/13 12:58 AM 10/05/13 12:58 AM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX kentj340 top fuel
kentj340 top fuel Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX	Optical illusion: the tool marks look really deep but are actually only a small fraction of the shell thickness. The near side exterior shell wall shows no evidence of the other set of tool marks, even though they are there on the inside. The shell comes out cleanly with zero marks on the LCA. 7876591-02FrontSuspension.Llowercontrolarm15.bushingshellremoval..jpg (62 downloads) Last edited by kentj340; 10/05/13 03:15 AM. If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.

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