Mother F******g Lollipops

[ser1992]

thanks for all the ideas guys.. I knew this wasnt going to be fun but FAWK im 3 hours in..

[ser1992]

just checking threads and saw the title. Like Gerta (thanks for the referral) stated, I have the tool. 5 minute job with the tool. PM if interested.

if you were local i would be all over it. Ill try the sandpaper though. They are new complete units, out of the bilstein boxes.

[Keith M]

I guess I got lucky with mine.

[nickmcc92]

You have to torch the control arm.
Same thing happened to me. Kept slipping off but the heat, dawn soap and leg power worked. I weigh 140 and they slipped right on. Shouldn't be too hard.
Good luck.

[ser1992]

heating the arm would make it expand, ideally you would want to freeze the tip of the control arm and heat the CAB. what you did is completely the opposite of how physics should have worked, but im envious you got yours on.

[nickmcc92]

Oh yeah and I remember sand paper also. I think I used 60 grit

[Sparkle']

Best PNW Thread Title '13

[nickmcc92]

I installed the m3 offsets also but without the heat they slipped right off.

[timofeylbelarus]

Thats wierd, because i just twisted mine on. Maybe took like 5min each, maybe i just got lucky

[ser1992]

I hate you all... jk

[mr.vang]

laundry detergent and it slip in like a loose whore.

[AirplaneBuilder]

I drilled a hole in some wood so the control arm part fits in it snug and the lollipop doesnt and then i just pogo sticked that control arm untill it slid on, just make sure the lollipop is perfetly aligned first. It didnt take long at all for me

[BraveUlysses]

Buy some SilGlyde from NAPA, put a tiny dab on the inside of the bushing and pound it on with a real hammer...4 or 5 LB. Should go on pretty quick.

[willworkfore30s]

I took a big rubber mallet I got from HF. Put dish soap on the bushing and control arm and hammered/pushed them on there. Bolted em up and dropped the car. Seems to have worked fine.

[HarukoE30]

I would never, ever wish this on anyone. If you did this job in under 20 minutes, I envy your control arms. Took me 6 hours & a shitload of laundry detergent to pull it off, so forget the dish soap water, since it will not aid in anyway. It's not the weekend, so I would just take it to a shop & have it pressed, I'm not even bothering next time doing it myself.

I rather 5 speed swap someone's car versus doing this bushing change any day. May the chariot god's be with you :up: