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For some reason I'm really struggling with how to pull this off. Paid a shop to do it last time, but would rather just do it myself this time. Obviously it's pretty easy to determine what direction you need to push, and you can support the side with the arm on the arbor plates very easily, but every time I've tried to do it before I've ended up having to cut the bushings out. Basically with the collar on the one side of the bushing I haven't figured out a way to support the other side of the bushing housing to get the bushing pressed out.
How have you guys gotten this done??
I think we destroyed them with an air chisel and then pressed out the rest. If you push on the center it just tears out and then you can mash the sides in and press on that.
Dave, do you have a press? I am to lazy to look through your shop photos.
Ted's suggestion is how I typically do it. I drill into the rubber near the edge, I can usually get it to catch then run around the outside of the rubber breaking it free from the sleeve. Cut the sleeve carefully with a sawzall, then hammer or press out the remaining sleeve.
Nice, I have the same one and I upgraded the jack to the air over hydraulic. It was so worth the $90 (super coupon FTFW!)!
Can a jig be built for the press? I've seen them pressed out but they had a bushing jig/press tool!
I just picked up one of these kits for doing all the rear suspension bushings on my daily BMW: http://www.ebay.com/itm/27pc-Univers...3D351474798398
Should come in handy for a lot of other bushing and bearing jobs without having to fuss with getting things setup in the press.
If I never have to do this again it'll be too goddamn soon. First one actually came out pretty easy, the drill trick worked like magic. For some reason the new one won't press all the way in, and yes I know it's going in the right side to account for the little hump on the bushing and the machined section in the housing.
I've had to grind the offending lip down with a grinder and flap disk.
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