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I was able to get most of the rubber out by scraping with a screwdriver. My little torch didn't do much to it. I finished with sand paper. A spinning wire wheel would have been perfect but I didn't have one that small.
I recommend the following method if I was going to do this again:
Push out the old rubber and inner bolt sleeve the best you can, use force if necessary. I happened to have a press.
Scrape out the rubber a bit, just roughly with a screw driver or something
then use the proper sized wire wheel to finish the job.
In the places where I was able to reach with the wire wheel it scraped the rubber right off instantly to bare metal. So the wire wheel is the tool of choice IMO.
Not sure why they recommend burning it instead, that seems like a big mess for the average hobby guy VS the $9 electric drill at HF + proper sized wheel.
And dun dun dun it didn't fix my issue.
Here is what I've done:
Control rod bushings ES new
ball joints new
struts KYB new
strut mounts new
sikky sway bar new
TC rods (good rubber stock rod)
tie rods feel pretty tight
The symptom continues. When turning the wheel left and right while moving the front end makes a loud clunk as if something is loose. I am going to go under there and check every bolt pretty soon but I was wondering if you had any other ideas? Not great with suspension but it def feels like something is loose.
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