New Shocks

Just bought these Fox shocks for my truck and I need to swap the bushings out. Does anyone know an easy way to remove the metal eyelet in the bushing?

 

I used a vice and a socket to push the bushing out, tried to pull it out by hand but just ended up wrecking the bushing.

 

I’ve done a few of these now. I used a bench vice and two different wrench sockets. Use a small one for the metal sleeve on one size and a large socket on the other to keep the bushing in place. Close the vice slowly and it will push out the sleeve. You can use the same method to remove the bushing and push in a new one if need be.

Just a heads up for the fox shocks/bushings in the rear. They are a very tight fit into the bottom shock mount so you might have to bend the metal mount out in opposite directions to get the shocks in there. It won’t harm the truck just do it a bit at a time until they slide in easy.

 

Right on, thanks gents! Rides much better than the 20yr. old stock suspension.