I've got a set of a arms from a 76 Valiant. I have pressed out one side of each arm with no problem. The other side appears to have an extra ring, of sorts, around the bushing. The bushing stops being pressed out at the top of the "ring." The inside and outside of the flange looks to be the same thickness. But comparing it to the other side, and other arms I have worked on, the flange is pressed outward from the factory, a stopping point while pressing IN the new bushings. I am at a loss, can someone advise me on the correct process to remove that bushing. Thanks in advance.
Andy

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The "ring" is commonly called a bushing "retainer" and was added to help "hold"/ reinforce the UCA bushings.
You may have to carefully grind a "slit" into the ring(s) and split it, to get the old LCA bushing removed.
DD

Thanks for your help.

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I had read (somewhere) that during assembly, if an upper control bushing went in too "easy", then the factory installed the retainer sleeve to help secure the bushing. Given how infrequently / inconsistantly that I've seen those sleeves, that explanation sounds plausible.

(If my new bushing goes in "easy", I usually give it a couple tack welds)

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63 Valiant Wagon
225 - 4 bbl

I'll keep that in mind when I press the new ones back in. Thanks.

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A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. Thomas Jefferson