Lower control arm bushings. Help.

Mopar using chinsy stamped steel lowers like this is the equivalent of Caddy putting the starter under the intake manifold on the Northstar. Every auto manufacturer is required by federal law to do something so stupid it’s painful. I’ve done this job many years ago and didn’t have this much trouble. How did you push your bushings in? You use a pipe that pushed on the flange? That’s the only way I know how to do it. It was pushing in great and just stopped. After carefully trying different setups.... I finally said screw it. After 2 hours I used brute force. Sometimes it works. I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Perhaps I’ll throw these lowers in the dumpster and buy tubular.