Formulated

iTrader: (16)

How have you guys gone about removing the stock LCA bushings. I got some 1LE bushings to put in my stock arms, and I need to get the old ones out. I put them in a press yesterday, and supported around the bushing and supported the inside of the arm. In spite of me being careful with setup of the press, the arms still bent. As a matter of fact, I've got an arm with the bushing stuck in place, and the arm still bent! I'm pretty frustrated with this so far, and I can understand why folks buy aftermarket arms.

I guess I have two questions: I figure I could straighten the arms I have, and move on (they're not bent really bad, just at the end by the bushing). Also, how do you guys support the arm in a press (I could pick up another set of used stock arms and try again).

Thanks for the help.

9000th01ss

iTrader: (10)

I boxed mine in and hit them maybe three times with a hammer. 2 or 3 hits out, 2 or 3 hits back in. Here are the results.

lo_jack

iTrader: (27)

The key there is boxing them. If you don't weld the ends so they will not collapse if you smack them, you can bend them inward. Put a block of wood in the LCA to avoid that and use a lot of lube.

Magic Man

I don't have stock anymore but from what I have heard you almost tourch them out.Am I right on this?

leadfoot4

iTrader: (1)

NOPE!!!


The bushing is primarily held in place by compression at the "large" side of the bushing. Spray some WD-40, or similar lube on the shell of the bushing, as it has to slide a little, on it's way out.

You may need to compress the arm a LITTLE, to get the "small" end to release, however, if you can find yourself a piece of pipe or tubing to slide over the "large" or flanged end of the bushing, do that, and just give the small end a solid whack or two with a BFH. You could also put a large bolt in the hole of the bushing and hit it there. Either way it should release....

Silver99Z28

iTrader: (1)

I pressed the bushings out with a usual bench-vise.

I made two spacers of hard wood (tight fit), to avoid bending the lca.

The bushings popped out without trouble.

A 5 minute sketch of the process:

leadfoot4

iTrader: (1)

Yup, that will do it!

Major_Lee_Slow

iTrader: (1)

Great solution, and awesome pic. Thanks!

Formulated

iTrader: (16)

Looks good. Similar to what I was trying to do in the hydraulic press, but I bent them. I need to work on the press setup more.

Thanks for the comments, everyone.