HappySalesman

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I apologize if this is a bit of a dumb question. I kinda jumped into this without fully knowing what I needed

so I'm replacing all of the bushings in the suspension with new Moog bushings. I went out today and bought a press from harbor freight and I've run into a slight problem.

The vertical bushing on the front lower control arms is about 2" wide. I don't have anything that's that big that I can use to push the bushing out. I went searching online but most kits for driving bushings/ball joints don't go that large.

For those of you who have swapped your own bushings, what did you use?

landstuhltaylor

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Find some steel pipe that large? I raided the press cups from work, not sure how else I would have done it.

HappySalesman

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oh my god. I feel so dumb >< I don't know why I didn't think of that. This is what I get for working on the car all day and making hasty decisions lol.

landstuhltaylor

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It's still probably going to be tough. We must have ~60 cup sizes and there were only two that were even close. If anything I would get one slightly oversized and grind it down to fit. The metal sleeve on that bushing is very thin.

HappySalesman

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I was half tempted to just press out the rubber portion and then cut the sleeve, I figured I'd try my hand at doing it the right way first lol.