does anyone know if the bushings on a rustys 6.5" kit are the same as oem bushings?

 

in what spot?

 

All the rubber one's Rusty's use are the same as OEM..

 

the lower control arm bushings?

 

i know that their short arms use OEM bushings, i just replaced all of mine. Not sure about the long arms though.

 

alright well i got the control arm off and im having an extremely hard time getting the old bushing to pop out. im just using a screwdriver and beating it on the little lip. doeas anyone have any better ideas to get the old bushing out?

 

a vise and some sockets you should be able to push it out like you would a u joint

 

Get a torch and use some heat and it'll come out..those things are old and dry so need some heat to loosen em up.

 

If you have one of those u-joint/ball joint presses handy, those are AWESOME for doing those. And pene-fluid and the hot wrench are handy also...

 

yeah, they wont just pop out. i had to pound out inner sleeve, then cut out rubber part. then make to relief cuts in the outer sleeve so it would break into 2 halves.