I'm putting in the hyper flex kit to replace all my rubber bushings in my lca's, and suspension.

since i'm becoming more and more cheap.
i decided to try and remove the bushings on my own at home.

What I am using.

Drill
Jigsaw
Flat head screw driver, and whimpy hammer.

I drill the rubber over and over again till i get it nice and weak.

Then i take the metal sleeve inside the rubber, and twist it. and pull it out.

Once I have that out. I have to get the metal sleeve around the rubber.

I whip out my friend jigsaw. take the jigsaw, and cut through metal across. Then i whip out the screw driver, and hammer under neath the metal sleeve till I can start popping it up. Once I get that. I keep hammering underneaht the metal till I get the area where i cut across off. Then I'm simply start hammering around. Til tlhe metal comes out.

I just did my first one.

1 1/2 hours for one bushing... WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE:madfawk:

Damn it why am i so damn cheap!

 

does it take as much work to insert the new one in or easier. sounds like a fun filled weekend for ya.

late

 

Heh. I dont think its worth the hassle.

 

I thought that u can torch them to get them out easier.

 

:thumbup: Same technique I used! Well, actually I used a pointed punch instead of a screwdriver.

And, yes it is totally worth it! Keep going, you'll be done in no time.

 

Ha ha, have fun with those. I did sort of the same thing for the fronts except I used a hacksaw instead of a Jig. I'm too cheap for power tools. I ripped out the center sleeve, took the blade off the hacksaw, put it through, sawed a chunk out of the the out bushing shell and then just hammered it out with a screwdriver. Worked like a charm. To put the new bushings in, it's simple. Just grease the piss out of the LCA hole and the bushings and put them in a vise and push each side in. After that, grease the center sleeve and push it in.

For the rear LCA, I got tricky. I did this over at the shop so I had a press and some machines. I measured the metal outer sleeve and machined a round brass plug on the lathe to just a bit smaller and then just pushed the SOB right out. Took about 30 seconds to do each bushing. Oh yeah, the rear subframe bushing is a huge amount of fun. Good luck. Seeya.

 

Andy I'm kicking your ass when I see you at Carlisle.

I would've worked on the car bushings. But I'm still at work (pulling an all nighter). I"ll bang through one more bushings when I get home in the afternoon.

 

I still say use a press. I did and I had all of mine in and out in about an hour.

I really don't know how you're going to get the new ones in without a press.... a vice maybe? :dunno:

A lot of those are MUCH bigger than the hole.... lube it man.. lube it.

 

You definately do not need a press to push the new bushings in. A lot of grease and a decent sized vice will do just fine (that's what I did to push all my new one's in). Hell, that's the easy part.

Check out my snazzy grease fittings (which I have yet to use). Seeeya.

 

i increased removal by 60%. I purchased a bigger hammer. >=]