1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Lul at something other than hand tools

 

Hope

 

Ways that I tried....

1. Bottle jack. Didn't work for me because my bottle jack was too big (worked fine for LCA bushings, though).
2. Use hole saw to carve out the rubber and then hacksaw to notch the sleeve so it can be peeled out. Didn't work for me because I couldn't keep my drill slow enough to keep the rubber from melting and bogging down.
3. Use a shop press, version 1: Use the UCA bolt and whatever washers/sockets you can find to make a press adapter. The bolt goes through one bushing to press down on the other. This works if your arms are super clean--I used it to salvage fresh bushings from damaged arms--but it's easy to bend/break the bolt if the bushings are corroded (and they're almost certainly corroded). I do not recommend this approach.
4. Use a shop press, version 2: Use a Harbor Freight bearing splitter (or similar) as a press adapter, as described in Timmah's video. This worked well--the hardest part is bending the flange to get the adapter in. Actually, the hardest part was swallowing my pride and buying the bearing splitter, but after that...

With hand tools... #2 is your only option, as far as I know. It'll work with enough patience. You could torch the rubber out rather than cutting.



EDIT: I'm assuming you're replacing them with OEM-style bushings. If you're using Energy Suspension bushings, you need to torch the rubber out and leave the OE sleeve in place.

 

I just noticed that the bushing in that picture doesn't have the metal sleeve in the center. Did you remove it already?

 

It fell out

 

Maybe I’ll take them off and take them to a shop to have pressed out

 

New UCAs

 

I also tried that. The shop took some gouges out of my arms that bothered me enough that I got new (used) arms and re-did the work myself. You'll probably have better luck than I did... It's a good way to go if you're using OEM bushings.

If you're using OEM-style aftermarket (like Moog), take a look at just buying new arms with bushings already installed. It might be cheaper than having a shop press them.

EDIT: The shops I called estimated $60-80 to press the bushings, but reserved the right to charge more if they put up a fight.

 

I’m thinking a torch is probably the way to go, just leave the shell in there

 

What new bushings did you get? Sorry if you said already... I didn't see anywhere.

 

Energy suspension or whatever

 

Ah, for ES, you should ignore most of what I said. Torching out and leaving the shell is 100% the way to go.

 

Fat and fatter say hi







And my kids


And this bastard thinking he can bogart my food

 

guess that means I have to finish taking them off the truck….


Tomorrow’s activities

 

"Dammit, I got caught"

 

lol the junk Vulcan engine ate 3 out of the 4 valve shims on one head

I was hoping to have enough spares to shim the new engine but I think I'll have to order a few. The motorcycle shop wants $13 ea

 

Boop the snoots

 

RAM RANCH

 

Hmmm. What diameter are they? I might actually have a few at my parents house for my klr.

 

9.48mm

I have some swapping and checking to do but if the stars align on paper I will only need a singular 2.40mm shim