damn bushings wont go in!

[DJ_Sunrise]

Hey guys.. I'm in the middle of TRYING to press my es bushings into my control arms.. It isn't turning out so good. Greased up the bushing, and the arm.. the center of the bushing mushrooms out, and won't go in the arm at all. I've tried warming up the arms with a torch, but that hasn't helped... So far I'm trying the short toe arm. Maybe the others will go in easier.. any ideas??

-Bart

[georgesal]

are you using a press or even a vise how are you trying to press them in. How did you take the old bushing out

[airforceone451]

Throw the bushings into the refrigerator for a couple of hours so that they shrink.

[DJ_Sunrise]

Hey guys, I burned the old ones out and removed the sleeves. The four control arm bushings I got in without a problem, its thee to fat lipped ones that are the problem. All the other small ones are easy. Any advice for the big fat lipped fuck bushings?:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :madfawk: :mephfawk: Fuckin bushings....

Bart

EDIT: the fat lipped ones are the only 2 like bushings in the ES kit for the S14. There were 10 smallest ones for knuckles, and ruca, toe arm... I think the two fat lipped ones are for the rear most arms.. any ideas??

[Jtuned_andy]

try two large diameter washers on either side of the bushing, run a bolt through and put a nut on the end, use a wrench and start tightening the bolt it should squeeze the bushing into the hole.

[D1GP]

make sure they are the right size. when i was doing my bushings, i didnt realize that es put 2 different size bushings in the same bag.

[DJ_Sunrise]

yea, they are the right size.. ES includes 6 long bushings.. 4 for LCA, 2 more for the ughhh long long arm nearest the trunk. Wish me luck!!! haha

-Bart

[sac]

dam dude.. thats harsh..are you using a press? or a hammer?
if your using a hammer.. I have the solution.. GET A BIGGER HAMMER! haha. jk man. dont do that. putting new parts in freezer works in conjunction with heating up the arm, thats how i did mine. Expansion, and contraction..simple.. whats the problem.. jk.. i had a hell of a time doing mine. I did the heat/cold stuff.

[ManoNegra]

Vise or press and some patience. Not that hard.

[PoorMans180SX]

Don't forget to grease them up good. It helps.

[!Zar!]

dam dude.. thats harsh..are you using a press? or a hammer?
if your using a hammer.. I have the solution.. GET A BIGGER HAMMER! haha. jk man. dont do that. putting new parts in freezer works in conjunction with heating up the arm, thats how i did mine. Expansion, and contraction..simple.. whats the problem.. jk.. i had a hell of a time doing mine. I did the heat/cold stuff.

That's what I'd do. Use a press after the bushings are in the freezer and the arm is heated up.

[nastjuid]

Big, small, skinny or thin. Vaseline will get it in.

[burnsauto]

yeah silicone spray and a press. If you dont have one, most garages do, pay 5 or 10 bucks, and have them throw them in for you if you're having alot of trouble.

[DJ_Sunrise]

yea.. well.. they allll went in. im using a vice and a press wont help at all. in the kit there are 10 small 4 long with small lip and 2 long with fat lip. 4 long are for lca, 10 small for the knuckle and two arms, and then... which ones do the 2 long and fat lip go into? the rear most and very long arm right??

[sac]

Big, small, skinny or thin. Vaseline will get it in.
haha.. thats funny as hell.. true too.. haha..

dude they should just match up once you have the old ones out.

[DJ_Sunrise]

Old ones are nothing more than dust by now. Yea, I know how to match them up. I was just trying to make sure I wasn't trippin. I wound up getting the last two in. I used a grinder to sand down the angled part to make more of an arrow shape. Gotem in.. Vise, press, nothing worked until now. Bart 1, bushings.. 0.

-Bart