Phil
Learned that from a mechanic at the bus company I work for. They use the
Sawzall for doing the same thing, but the arms are more like 4 feet long and
solid steel. They use a press to gut out the rubber, just enough so the
sawzall blade will fit, then down through the rubber and into the steel outer
ring. The mechanic didn't know if I'd have enough finess to not cut in to the
arm metal. I managed, in my first attempt, to make one groove deep enough to
feel with my finger. After that I got better at it, just a few scratches in
the paint. Making 2 slots will allow these to almost drop out, maybe a small
prod from a screwdriver is all it will take.
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Nase
To: Dan Gillitzer ; spridgets@autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: RE Trailing arm bushings
I had them in a 12 ton press today and only managed to begin crushing the
arm. We took a sawzall to it then a chisel and popped it out.
Then had to reweld where the arm crushed a bit. I plan to burn out the
other 3 and saw them out like you say.
If nothing else I learned something this weekend. If I did this for a
living I'd be very hungry.
Phil Nase
http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa
Phil
Mine were so bad the rubber was gone! Made it easy as I borrowed a
"Sawzall", and made careful cuts just through the outer sleeve at 180 degrees
opposition and they fell right out. Could be done with a hacksaw. If your
rubber cushioning is really bad, probably wouldn't be a big deal to get the
rubber out so you could do it this way.
New ones can be installed using an appropriate metal object (a nice
selection of 1/2" drive sockets) and a vise.
Dan
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