any tips on how to get old bushings out????

new springs

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

A press, or at least a vise and some sockets. Be sure to dig the old bearing shell out of the front eye. When I replaced the bushings in the spring in my brother's Duster I also ran a wire brush mounted in a drill motor through the front spring eyes to soothe them out and clean them up before putting in the new bushings.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

I heat the outside surface of the spring eye with a propane torch until the bushing rubber loosens up (after starting to burn on the outside), then push out with a screwdriver or a wooden dowel. Takes 10-15 min. Watch out as the goopy hot rubber can get all over the place, and burns you properly if it gets on your skin. I have done this 4-5 times when switching to poly bushings on new or used springs.

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

knows about goopy rubber/plastic burns ....used to tune skies ....used a burning plastic to fix cuts in bottom of ski


thanks for the ideas


keep on roddin'

Ahhh yes, Spring skiing and Petex candles, such fun.

Used to race GS in collage, and beat the snot of a new pair of skis every year until they delaminated about the end of February/ first of March at which time I would epoxy them back together for rocky spring skiing, and I though that was an expensive habit back then. Compared to the old car bug, it was chump change. LOL

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Dart 270 the heat works well ....gloves are a mess but bushings out...waiting for new bushings and u-bolts to show up at door

Glad to hear it!

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

now if all the parts ordered for truck and bike would just show up


keep on roddin'