Author Topic: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?  (Read 636 times)

Offline Chlngrcrzy

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How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« on: June 13, 2009 - 01:57:34 PM »
Need a little help. Past owner welded this thing, and you can see that it has a little bend to it. So how to i gut this thing? :clueless:




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Re: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009 - 05:42:22 PM »
The way I removed was to cinch the bolt down in a bench vice, sprayed penetrating lube down the torsion bar end on the bushing, then worked the LCA back & forth while prying up...
  To remove the innards of the bushing I placed a piece of pipe bigger than the bushing on the bolt side & a long socket smaller on the torsion bar end. Squeezed with the bench vice, this was to install polyurethane bushings.
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Re: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009 - 01:12:22 AM »
heat the pin with a Propane torch  , it will soften the rubber & use a tie rod pickle fork to pry the pin out of the bushing

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Re: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2009 - 12:50:52 PM »
Sweet. Thanks for the help guys. :2thumbs:

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Re: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2009 - 05:36:01 PM »
2 other ways is put it in a vise and just hammer punch it out. It isnt all that tough. And if you have a press , punch it out. The outer casing is the Pita for everyone, but that isnt hard either. :2thumbs:

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Re: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009 - 08:38:26 PM »
Got it done, peice of cake. Thanks guys. I learn something new all the time. :2thumbs:

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Re: How do you remove control arm pivot bolt and bushing?
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009 - 01:42:42 AM »
Congrats
 I learn constantly as well

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