DonnaxSam

hey guys. im trying to press my trailing arm bushings out and they are NOT EASY! i mean i didnt expect it to be a breeze but holy. the upper t.a ones came out. i pressed em out with vice and socket trick. but the lower t.a ones are not budging. i had my co worker help me and he couldnt even get em out... is thre a diff trick to this? like heating them up or something? we even tried using the frame mashine, sandwhiching the T.A. between a socket, cut off piece of pipe and jack and frame.. thanks for any help!

VTJeep

Are you talking about control arm bushings?
The orange part?

ZINGGG

I've seen people torch it and basically poke/scrape it out.

Also seen people drill it out (use a drill press or power drill and put several holes in it and then press it out).

ZINGGG

Like so

http://www.gibnet.us/JeepMods/trackbar.htm

DonnaxSam

thank you!! tht diagram is awesome! lol. nice color coding! but we ended up using a jack and the frame machine after chaining the frame to the chain pods in the concrete. but thanks guys!! we were gonna torch it until we realized my boss' dad took our torch. lol