Post by Beans on Feb 17, 2013 22:21:37 GMT -5
Well first off there is a lot ways to do this, but this writeup is going to spotlight the most "DIY" or "backyard mechanic" way of changing bushings. No air chisels, special press kits, hydraulic presses, ect.
What you will need:
1. Disassemble your suspension. Use your torch to heat up seized bolts or cut shit.
2. Next melt out the rubber bushing with your torch making sure to use your respiratory mask. The factory oem rubber bushings have an outside metal sleeve and an inner metal sleeve that the bolt passes through like so...
If you have a cutting torch this will go much quicker as you can essentially cut out the inner metal sleeve and then melt the rubber off quickly. If you are poor and have a little propane torch you are going to have to just melt the rubber around the inner metal sleeve until it falls out or can be punched out.
*NOTE - If you are using a cutting torch do not nick the outside metal sleeve on the bushing as the wall is extremely thing and will cut into the piece you are working on. If you do, then you have to weld it and die grind the weld down until its flush again.
3. After the inner metal sleeve and rubber has been melted you can now remove the bushing by placing the hacksaw blade inside the bushing like so. Make two slits on the bushing about 1 cm apart. The farther you cut through the outside shell the easier this job becomes. Be careful not to cut to far into the piece of metal you are working on.
4. Once you have made your two slits, place your chisel punch like so. Note I don't have a picture of this so I'm using this fools picture. If your from the ghetto you will use a screw driver.
Peel back the inner slit until the bushing falls out.... Yeah it will literally just fall out once you have it peeled far enough back.
Bushing carnage pile.
5. You can now instal your new bushings! If you are using a polyurethane replacement bushing it's just a matter of pushing the new bushings in with your hand.
If you using new OEM metal sleeve bushings you will need a press.
What you will need:
- Chisel punch. Should look something like the punch by my foot in the picture above.
- Bushings!
- Hacksaw with about 4 or 5 blades.
- Breathing Mask! Because cancer is for the uncool.
1. Disassemble your suspension. Use your torch to heat up seized bolts or cut shit.
2. Next melt out the rubber bushing with your torch making sure to use your respiratory mask. The factory oem rubber bushings have an outside metal sleeve and an inner metal sleeve that the bolt passes through like so...
If you have a cutting torch this will go much quicker as you can essentially cut out the inner metal sleeve and then melt the rubber off quickly. If you are poor and have a little propane torch you are going to have to just melt the rubber around the inner metal sleeve until it falls out or can be punched out.
*NOTE - If you are using a cutting torch do not nick the outside metal sleeve on the bushing as the wall is extremely thing and will cut into the piece you are working on. If you do, then you have to weld it and die grind the weld down until its flush again.
3. After the inner metal sleeve and rubber has been melted you can now remove the bushing by placing the hacksaw blade inside the bushing like so. Make two slits on the bushing about 1 cm apart. The farther you cut through the outside shell the easier this job becomes. Be careful not to cut to far into the piece of metal you are working on.
4. Once you have made your two slits, place your chisel punch like so. Note I don't have a picture of this so I'm using this fools picture. If your from the ghetto you will use a screw driver.
Peel back the inner slit until the bushing falls out.... Yeah it will literally just fall out once you have it peeled far enough back.
Bushing carnage pile.
5. You can now instal your new bushings! If you are using a polyurethane replacement bushing it's just a matter of pushing the new bushings in with your hand.
If you using new OEM metal sleeve bushings you will need a press.
Just undo the blade, slide in into the hole, attach the blade so the saw is now in the ring, use some elbow grease and start cutting away. Use a vice obviously to stabilize the control arm.
