I just replaced my rear lower control arm bushing (the large one) and am trying to get the pillow ball bushing back in between the ears on the wheel hub. I had to hammer then out and now that I'm done, I can't get them back in. The fact that they are spherical sp? makes it even harder. It seems like you would need a spreader tool to spread the ears open enough to slide it in. I hope this makes sense. Has anyone run into this before?

 

My mechanic changed the bushinge on a customers car a few days ago with no problems, no hammer . He did put in all 6 pillow ***** .

 

The shop that did mine heated the arm up before attempting to press them in and out.

 

Just make sure everything is square and clean, then give them a little tap. If it requires much force, there is probably something wrong.

 

Some of the connection points have a sleeve on one side of the connection. You can move the sleeve out to make room for the bushing and then it will move back when you torque the bolt.

-Max