Rear Control Arm Bushing Replacement
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:00 am
In the Link Pin / Rocker Bar thread someone asked for posts on how to R&R them. I finished pressing new bushings into an rear LCA set before Christmas. It'd been 6-ish years since I last did that and spent non-trivial time re-figuring out how to do it.
So, this thread is as much a how-to thread as it is a how-I-did-it thread so that the next time I can reference it.
I'll make a couple posts a day, until I've covered everything.
First, besides the shop press I used the tools below.
The most important is the bushing press set:
I ended up buying a longer threaded rod for the biggest one 'cause the one's in the kit are too short by about 6" for doing the "coil-over pin" bushings.
Next, the pass-through ratchet set:
Last, some random press pieces:
So, this thread is as much a how-to thread as it is a how-I-did-it thread so that the next time I can reference it.
I'll make a couple posts a day, until I've covered everything.
First, besides the shop press I used the tools below.
The most important is the bushing press set:
I ended up buying a longer threaded rod for the biggest one 'cause the one's in the kit are too short by about 6" for doing the "coil-over pin" bushings.
Next, the pass-through ratchet set:
Last, some random press pieces: