Best way to install CAB's?

[lolcantturn]

Finally ordered poly CABs and new front billys and other front suspension goodies. I want to know what methods you guys have used to remove and install CAB's?

[richardb]

1. Hack saw to cut bushing off old CA.
2. Bring lollipop to shop to install new bushing for $20

Big pain in the ass doing it yourself if you ask me

[lolcantturn]

1. Hack saw to cut bushing off old CA.
2. Bring lollipop to shop to install new bushing for $20

Big pain in the ass doing it yourself if you ask me

The shops around me are very far away and charge absurd prices for everything, plus I like working on my E30 by myself as much as I can. However if worst comes to worst, I'll have a shop press it in. The thing is I have no garage so I have to do this out in the street parallel parked where cars pass by, so I'd like to get it done as prompt as I can without having to drive far to a shop and wait for them to press it in. Any other way to install the bushing?

[richardb]

I do most of my work myself as well. It's not really one of those do it yourself jobs in the street with traffic. But, you cut the bushing with a hack saw- disassemble the blade and reassemble with blade in each side and hack it off. If you're re-using ca's cut off any remaining rubber. Cut the metal ring in the lollipop and hammer it out. Lube the new bushing and sammich it between the lolli and a block of wood in a vice. (your version of a press). Good luck getting the lolli and bushing back on the arm while it's in the car while laying in the street.

I am competent and have plenty of tools and garage space and the m3 offsets are so tight I HAD to bring them to be pressed on with a 20 ton press at a local shop.

Hope that blurb helps you out!

[Danny]

Treehouse Racing Eyeball Arms just slide on.

[lolcantturn]

I do most of my work myself as well. It's not really one of those do it yourself jobs in the street with traffic. But, you cut the bushing with a hack saw- disassemble the blade and reassemble with blade in each side and hack it off. If you're re-using ca's cut off any remaining rubber. Cut the metal ring in the lollipop and hammer it out. Lube the new bushing and sammich it between the lolli and a block of wood in a vice. (your version of a press). Good luck getting the lolli and bushing back on the arm while it's in the car while laying in the street.

I am competent and have plenty of tools and garage space and the m3 offsets are so tight I HAD to bring them to be pressed on with a 20 ton press at a local shop.

Hope that blurb helps you out!

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.

Treehouse Racing Eyeball Arms just slide on.

I know, I'm kicking myself in the ass for not buying them during bimmerworld's christmas sale.

[monty23psk]

If your interested, I have the factory tool to remove and install the bushing on and off the control arm. Does not press the bushing into the lollipop. If you go urethane, then you just need the tool for removal. No cuting or drilling. The tool does it in 10 minutes or less, for removal and install per side. Let me know if you want more info.

[StereoInstaller1]

You don't even need to remove the control arms. You can do this on jackstands in about an hour with nothing but hand tools, but an airsaw makes life MUCH easier.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=87295&highlight=cabs

[lbreevesii]

Kinda depends on how stuck on the inner bit is to the control arm. I didn't have to, but mine never did come off.

Having a shop press out the old ones is well worth the money. Poly should press in with nothing more than a bench vice or a hardware store clamp and a little muscle.