I own one. Needed it for a repair one time. Cheap one from harbor freight, but when you use it, you wonder how you lived without one. The pop sound can you scary at times. I also live where rust is a real issue, so the is that.
@@schrodingerscat4737 always something... I had to put a bushing on a rear upper control arm on my Ford Flex a while back and I had to cut one of the bolts and buy another one for $70 because the bolt hit the frame and wouldn't come out without cutting it off and putting a new one in the other direction.
My dad show me this trick..and I've used it several times ..now i have the right tool.. Time to get that mower going isn't it..lol..see you on the next one Cheers friend 🥂🥂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Most ball joint presses have multiple adapters for pressing bushings in and out. They can be rented( free ) from most of the part stores. If you don’t have air or electric tools, you’ll still need a vice( preferably ) and a breaker bar, but the mechanical advantage of the press, will work in your favor.
i did trailing arm bushings from the axle on my volvo 240 this winter. it took months of fiddling with diy spacers and press tools, had to be just the perfect size. running between my family farm shop with the metal working tools and heading home to see try it out. Once i got everything lined up perfectly the m12 stubby made quick work of it
The easiest way i found is to run a drill in between the outer sleeve and the rubber. It walks the rubble out of the sleeve and then you can push out the outer sleeve.
Jimmy, it's past time to invest a little in some tools. Get yourself a HF 20 ton hydraulic press plus at least the master ball joint press kit or the front wheel drive bearing removal and install set. A set of 1/2" impact sockets also come in handy. They will save you a lot of aggravation and running around trying to find the correct size of adapters for the job. (I was able to get the 20 ton press for the price of the 12 ton because they were out of the 12 ton press.) I could kick myself for not buying those years earlier. You will find many uses for them.
This dude is hilariously legendary for this lmao I tried the same thing and also said the same thing he did when it didn’t work 😂 The only way this might work is if the bushing is very very worn, otherwise you need a hydraulic shop press
For $40AUD, I bought a harbour freight quality, multi purpose press that I can re-use for most/all bushes on my 4x4. It arrived from the states I. 3 days and I didn't have to ruin an impact socket.
You can buy mevotech ttx control arms with their ball joints and bushings for about the same price you just spent. 95 bucks and you'll never have to worry about them again.
🤣 good tip.. if you do it that way you have to put pressure on the outside edge of the bushing. Get some good tension on it and smack the arm with a hammer. It usually shocks them loose and fall right out.
Or use a ball joint press... you don't absolutely need a $1000 snap-on BJP-1 kit, but I got it for the shop I work at because I replace u-joints & ball joints relatively often enough to justify the cost.
it's SO unbelievably easy, that i DON'T believe it! LoL been there man, ive had the best luck with iron pipe, all-thread rod, long nuts and jam nuts, then turning two boxed end wrenches on either end. use sil-glide on the threads. then throw the whole mess in the trash and go buy a 12 ton hydraulic press. 😅
One tip that's actually good.. even though it didn't work lol. As a mechanic as well we really don't get the credit we deserve for making our own tools like this.. and he ment to say impact.. instead of breaker bar.
Exactly why i went with completely new uooer and lower control arms this time (includes the bushings). And i own a huge set fir breaking bearings and bushings,.but still tough. Especially in the rust belt (thank God I live in the dry desert these days 🏜️🏝️)
I just used that method to get a bushing back in but you can use the same method with the socket but you need a smaller socket on the other side and just put a big enough clamp on it a c clamp and clamp it out
If you hit the metal with a hammer while you are cranking on it you will find it will pop right out. Personally I prefer to use a press. If your trying to press sticky balljoints out tap on it with a hammer.
Grade 8 hardware with a smaller socket with at least a 1/4” thick washer or perhaps a strut square washer that resides at the Home De Pot electrical department also, a solid mount vice and a decent 1/2” impact rated at 500ft pound to 650 ft pounds and the use of freezing and heating will greatly increase one’s odds with successfully accomplishing this task; or just head over to harbor freight and buy a cheap press and purchase some scrap metal stock. However, minus the toxic smoke it’s hard to argue the efficiency of a oxy/acetylene torch set up and a air chisel when removing stubborn anything! Just saying
I always put a dab of oil on my tools and part before doing this because it takes a lot of friction out making it possible to do this with a half decent air impact.
Theres a wonderful tool that would help you a lot. Its called a Ball Joint Press. You can use it for things other than Ball joints! shocking, yes, practical yes also. Also, its an old bushing, You're going to replace it, just set it on fire and be done.
I don’t know about trucks when it comes to control arms but a front set for most cars is usually less than $120 and the bushing set is around $50 so yeah sure you might be saving $70 but you’re also making the process more complicated ( not including the fact that you might have to spend even more money on the right tools to get the old bushing out and the new one in )
Just buy the control arm assembly. It has new ball joints and bushings already installed. It saves the home diy'er a lot of trouble and effort. But you're dead set on doing it like this dude, good luck to you and have fun.
