Eibach sways and treehouse bushings install questions

[Brew]

I cut mine off with a die grinder. :twisted: Obviously ruined the factory "lollipops", but I replaced them with the treehouse cabs.

[Ryan Stewart]

The two must have automotive tools are a good torch and a Saw-zall.

[808BMW]

Yeah, we were thinking of torching it off. The problem isn't the big rubber bushing, it's the little metal ring thats on the controll arm, I thought it was rubber, but it isn't.

[aaron_silva]

look, you cant install the bushings the wrong way.
You can also slide them on/off with your pinky finger, so it wont matter if you happen to mess up the first time.

I actually had a hell of a time getting one of mine to slide on...

Ditto. One side was a bitch and the next side slid on with ease.

Aaron

[Skafrog]

look, you cant install the bushings the wrong way.
You can also slide them on/off with your pinky finger, so it wont matter if you happen to mess up the first time.

I actually had a hell of a time getting one of mine to slide on...

Ditto. One side was a bitch and the next side slid on with ease.

Aaron

Damn, are you guys mushrooming the end of your control arm when you get the old bushing off?

[KenC]

Yeah, we were thinking of torching it off. The problem isn't the big rubber bushing, it's the little metal ring thats on the controll arm, I thought it was rubber, but it isn't.

Jordan said he cut through that with a dremel.

[m42technic]

look, you cant install the bushings the wrong way.
You can also slide them on/off with your pinky finger, so it wont matter if you happen to mess up the first time.

I actually had a hell of a time getting one of mine to slide on...

Ditto. One side was a bitch and the next side slid on with ease.

Aaron

Damn, are you guys mushrooming the end of your control arm when you get the old bushing off?

Brand new control arms.

[nando]

Yeah, we were thinking of torching it off. The problem isn't the big rubber bushing, it's the little metal ring thats on the controll arm, I thought it was rubber, but it isn't.

are you putting in OEM or polyurethane bushings? if so, they have to be pressed in anyway, so there's no need to cut out that ring. the old bushing will be pressed out when you have the new ones pressed in.

[Victell]

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Q & D. Get one of these c-clamps from your hardware store. Cheap & easy.
EDIT: for removal only

[808BMW]

are you putting in OEM or polyurethane bushings? if so, they have to be pressed in anyway, so there's no need to cut out that ring. the old bushing will be pressed out when you have the new ones pressed in.

THR solid CAB's.

Well I'm out of cutoff wheels, and my car is up in the air on jackstands, so I guess I'll have to grab some later and cut em off.

[nando]

I dunno, if you're not replacing the control arms cutting them off seems like too much work. with a torch, all you really need to do is get them hot, you don't have to burn out the bushing or anything. then they just slide right off..

[808BMW]

Seems like the bushing is coming out, that's bad right? Just fuck me in the ass already this is pissing me off

[jasonk]

Ah, crap, maybe I should rethink installing these

[royalflush313]

Seems like the bushing is coming out, that's bad right? Just fuck me in the ass already this is pissing me off

did you paint it with a clear?

[808BMW]

Seems like the bushing is coming out, that's bad right? Just fuck me in the ass already this is pissing me off

did you paint it with a clear?

Nope, paint is fux0rz anyway, i just want to get this on so I have a vehicle