When I rebuilt the front suspension on my Customline almost 10 years ago now, I was living in Boise where there were shops available to remove the bushings. I remember the shop I took the control arms to said they were REALLY difficult to get out. Where I am now I may have to try to get the bushings out myself. I think I can press the new ones in, but does anyone have a good method for getting the old bushings out?
Thanks,
Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Have you got a floor standing hydraulic press? That will do it. Just make sure they are installed facing correctly. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

YES, I have a 20 ton shop press. I will try that. I've heard some people trying to use an air chisel, but I think that would be ugly!!
Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Do you have a service manual? The bushings go in a certain way and can be mixed up. I usually just do one side at a time so I have a reference. If I recall correctly one A arm bushing presses in and the other out. Not sure though. Seems there was a discussion about this a short time back. Try a search. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

I think it is in my blog in the "this and that" section on the site here...

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I haven't had much luck with a "Search" function for a while.
Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

There is a Product Service Letter to the 55 Shop Manual
http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic98723.aspx#bm98774



Jim
Norfolk, VA

"MABLE"
1956 Thunderbird Green / Brown Interior (ZE-XG)

"MEAN GREEN"
1956 Mainline (FG-BE)

As I recall use the air chisel on each side of the bushing stopping just short of the control arm then the shell will collapse. If you are lucky it will drive the whole bushing out but not likely. Putting them back in is a bigger pain because you have to support the back side of the control arm under each bushing. I really cant remember how I got them in because I had to rig up some tool maybe with a rental bushing install kit. I do remember that finding Quality bushings were a problem and  that NAPA had some older Moog that were well made. TRW catalog is incorrect also.

Here is a link to my "blog" http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic106486.aspx

One thing I did as well was to heat up the rubber and pull out the sleeve in the middle. This made getting at it pretty easy. I think on a couple of them I used a jigsaw with a metal blade to cut the wall of the bushing and then just simply tapped them out.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I use a vise and different diameter sockets.

  Vic Correnti