Well that was fun!
I figured while I had my rear springs out having them de-arched I should probably replace the front and rear bushings. My guess is they are original. I already had new poly bushings as part of a kit I bought a few years ago when I redid the front suspension
Of course when I pulled the springs the bushings were all toast (one of the rear bushing was almost split totally in half.
Look at the instructions for the front spring eye...must remove outer sleeve to install poly bushings...ok, how hard can that be.
I drilled out the rubber to remove the bushing...that was easy.
Of course the outer sleeve did not want to move. I tried folding over the edges is a few spots, but they were not moving.
I beat on them with a BFH for a while, but once I tried to split them down the middle using a 3/8 cold chisel, they almost popped right out. I used the parting line in the spring eye as a starting point / guide.
I tried to slice the sleeves with a sawzall, but I was too afraid I would damage the spring doing that.
Cant wait to put is all back together and see if it rides any better and how it looks lowered down (I took almost 5 inches out of the springs).
Jason
