69 Dart 4 door cruiser
The lower control arms were cleaned up and the shafts were pressed out.
Next up is to press out the bushing outer shell. If you've done this before, you know what is involved.
The shell can stay in place for people that want to use poly bushings. If you're using factory style rubber, the shell has to come out since the new bushing has it's own outer shell. The problem is, there is no easy way to get the old shell out. Rick Ehrenberg wrote about using a large tap to chew into it and twist it out. If you have a welder, this is the way I do it.....
You can get a washer or in my case, a valve spring retainer.
You then weld around the edge of the retainer, turn the UCA over and press the shell out from the other side:
You can see down through the hex hole...The press now has that welded on spring retainer to press against.
The LCA bushings go in next. I want to reinforce the bottoms of the LCAs like this:
Before that, I need to figure out a way to attach these special sway bar end links. I wish that these LCAs had the sway bar tabs like these:
They don't but there is a workaround....
The lower control arms were cleaned up and the shafts were pressed out.
Next up is to press out the bushing outer shell. If you've done this before, you know what is involved.
The shell can stay in place for people that want to use poly bushings. If you're using factory style rubber, the shell has to come out since the new bushing has it's own outer shell. The problem is, there is no easy way to get the old shell out. Rick Ehrenberg wrote about using a large tap to chew into it and twist it out. If you have a welder, this is the way I do it.....
You can get a washer or in my case, a valve spring retainer.
You then weld around the edge of the retainer, turn the UCA over and press the shell out from the other side:
You can see down through the hex hole...The press now has that welded on spring retainer to press against.
The LCA bushings go in next. I want to reinforce the bottoms of the LCAs like this:
Before that, I need to figure out a way to attach these special sway bar end links. I wish that these LCAs had the sway bar tabs like these:
They don't but there is a workaround....