Okay, I have gotten the front suspension on my brother's 74 Duster almost completely disassembled. All that is left it to get the upper control arm bushing outer shells out of the UCAs, and to get the LCA bushings and one LCA stud out of the LCAs. My problem is that I am not finding anybody in town that does this kind of work. The machine shop I go to doesn't have the adapters to press them out, and I haven't found anyone else that does front end work like this.
I tried making my own UCA bushing removal tool and had some success, until it was time to get the out shells out. Then my rod of all-thread bent in half under the force while the UCA bushing shell stayed put.
I have found one place online that sells tools to remove the bushings for a somewhat reasonable price: http://www.americanmuscle.biz/Suspension_Tools_s/1.htm
Can anyone point me to a source for the adapters to press the upper and lower control arm bushings and the lower control arm stud in and out of the control arms?
I can't believe I am having such a hard time finding someone to do this, but it looks like I might have to do it all myself.
