Bushings!

[amcordo]

Would a tool like this work to remove and install our bushings?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bushing-Installer-Remover-Driver-Tool-Kit-Automotive-/281015156396?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416dcefeac

[SafeAirOne]

Ha! Good one!

[amcordo]

Ha! Good one!

...so, no? I see a lot of posts here and on other forums about people constructing their own, similar tools. Even a video on YouTube. I'd just rather purchase it. Any suggestions?

[Revtor]

If you're talking about the suspension/frame bushings, then I doubt it. Every account I've read about that process involved saws, torches, chisels etc etc.. I doubt hammering with this tool will move an old frame bushing.

~Steve

[o2batsea]

I doubt hammering with this tool will move an old frame bushing

Or install one either.

[SalemRover]

Hard to tell just looking at the picture of it online. Without knowing what steel its made of it could be a one and done sort of tool. There are so many infuriating ways to tackle this, it all depends on what sort of tools are on hand. I tend to cut with a narrowed sawzall blade and use an air chisel to drive it out. You do have to be careful not to cut into the frame, its a dicey proposition. If you want to throw money at this to solve it just take it to a garage

[disco2hse]

There is a tool (Bushwacka) that will do the job but it is very expensive. Have seen it in action (not used it myself) and it was quite efficient.

http://www.dingocroft.co.uk/acatalog/Bushwacka_Tools.html

[SafeAirOne]

Check this video out.

[SafeAirOne]

It would appear that we're prohibited from putting 2 videos in the same post, so here's the companion to the first video I just posted:

[ArlowCT]

That is slick!

[luckyjoe]

I kept a similar jack from our 1990 Corolla, intended for that exact purpose. Trouble is, it became such a useful jack that I never got 'round to cannibalizing it!

My next bushings will only be greaseable polys...

Tom P.

[Jim-ME]

Until you find that the shackle bolt is seized into the bush like 3 out of 4 of mine were but all in all it is slick.
Jim

[printjunky]

Thanks for the nightmares guys, as I get within a month of ordering parabolics.

[printjunky]

And the nightmare begins ...

Got it this far after more than an hour of trying various things. Finally got some purchase on a hacksawed edge with a punch. The bushing outer shell is so much a (very thin - like 1mm or less) part of the spring hanger that I can barely see the seam between the two.

Stopped the pounding so my neighbors could sleep. Let's see what tomorrow (and the driver's side) brings.

[o2batsea]

Get a mapp torch. heat the middle of the bushing. It will burn out in about ten minutes and you can just push the burning stinking nugget out onto the ground. Then you can put a sawzall or (Lord help you) a hacksaw thru the hole and cut thru the outer shell to free it from the chassis. You may have to curl it up and beat it out with a chisel, but it will be easy once the middle is out.
After you are done with demolition, clean it all up with sandpaper so that there's no rust in there.