350xfire

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Hey guys, I'm replacing my bushings with Energy Suspensions and having a hard time removing old bushing rubber. Any suggestions?
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bumpstart

drill many holes around it in a circle and punch it out..

or burn them out with a propane torch

.. or stick the control arms in the fire

PS

if it has the metal ring around the outside you may have to put the hacksaw into a hole you have drilled into the rubber and cut through the metal shell till it is two halves
( added that bit for the FC guys doing rear subframes )

Smokeyfb33

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Heat up the metal dowel a little bit and press them out. Remove the old rubber with a flathead and sand smooth with a dremel.

Grease the new bushings up and install.

Should only take about 10 minutes for each one.

erick31876

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heat up the outside a little bit and press them out,or drill some holes along the outside edge and spray with WD 40,let that sit for a few minutes and try hammering them out

350xfire

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OK, so let me explain, the bushings are already pressed out. Just a bunch of rubber stuck in the hole.
I'm going to machine an aluminum plug same as ID of the hole then press it in and see if it cleans it out.
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ditmus

Chuck a small wire brush into a drill and to scrub out the rubber without hurting the metal.

350xfire

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Good idea, will try
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Siraniko

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Shop press helps a lot lol

Ryan Ludwig

I did the same thing on my 85 a month ago polyurethane is way better i had to take a drill to them took quite a while to do the whole car properly front/back but was worth it

woodmv

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A buddy of mine took mine out for me... He held them in a vice and used a puller and a socket. He had to trim a bit of the old swollen rubber away from the edge of metal circle, but he was able to get the puller fingers on there and used a big socket to push them out with.

Of course, the COOLEST way to get the old ones out is FIRE!!!

350xfire

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OK, so after fiddling around and deciding I didn't want to spend hours removing all the crap I decided to go back to my machined aluminum plug idea. I went ahead and machined a plug about 1.7x inches OD, enough to have a small amount of friction against the ID of the arms. I pressed it in and most of the residue removed very easily.... Not planning ahead, I tried to remove the plug and realized I could get it out! OUCH... Luckily, I had a very small lip around the arm I could machine a "cup" to allow me to press the plug out. Then I flipped the arm over and pushed the plug in from the other side. Overall works great, only a very minor amount of rubber left which I think it's fine... This will save me a lot of time trying to scrape it off.
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