Romanova
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Ugh, I hate this sh*t. So I have either Whiteline or Superpro front control arm bushings... I think they are actually Whiteline, but I don't remember because I got them like 9 years ago and they've been waiting to go on every since then. These bushings unlike the Energy Suspesnion ones have a steel sleeve, requiring the sleeve on the control arm to be removed. No problem I thought as the rear trailing arm bushings were the same way when I replaced them. Wrong. Look at the photos... one side clearly you can see the sleeve that has to be removed. On the other side, there appears to be nothing? What am I missing? I started sawing away at the sleeve, got confused, so here I am.
Thoughts or opinions?
Got it done today!
The sleeve curves around at the bottom and I didn't notice this due to rust. The control arm really didn't fit well in my press so that option was out. I made a series of relief cuts around the sleeve to ease the tension on it, and then used two sockets and my 1920s era bench vise to press it out. Having made the cuts on the rounded part as well, I squeezed them together in order to get my socket to fit (biggest I had in standard... size escapes me now). The sleeve was still a bit rusty and took a bit of force but I was eventually able to get it out. I'll run the Dremmel on it later and clean it up prior to installing the new bushing.
I'm sure this is useless to everyone due to this part no longer being available and new control arms are so cheap... -_-
Thoughts or opinions?
Got it done today!
The sleeve curves around at the bottom and I didn't notice this due to rust. The control arm really didn't fit well in my press so that option was out. I made a series of relief cuts around the sleeve to ease the tension on it, and then used two sockets and my 1920s era bench vise to press it out. Having made the cuts on the rounded part as well, I squeezed them together in order to get my socket to fit (biggest I had in standard... size escapes me now). The sleeve was still a bit rusty and took a bit of force but I was eventually able to get it out. I'll run the Dremmel on it later and clean it up prior to installing the new bushing.
I'm sure this is useless to everyone due to this part no longer being available and new control arms are so cheap... -_-
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