Re: Crosstube bushing delemma

William Lewis (wrlewis(at)ucdavis.edu)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:52:28 -0700 (PDT)


On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA) wrote:

> I tried last night to pull by crosstube so I could replace the sloppy
> bushings in them.
>
> I tried everything to pull the tapered pins that attach to the pitman arm.
>
> I whacked it, heated it, banged it, smacked it.
> You name it it tried it.

Sounds like an old drinking song I know, but that is besides the point. When I replaced mine, I took the car to a local suspension shop where they used a chatter gun to vibrate the pins apart. Took them about 5 minutes and only cost me about $20. I used more money for bandages on my skinned knuckles.

Bill Lewis Series II