What is it that's missing?

[unccpathfinder]

i cant get up with my buddy that has the press and i was kind of thinking once its been pressed out the bushings would prob have to be replaced do u want me to just send the whole control arm?

[unccpathfinder]

well i will have to find a press to get that for u...i only found 2 pass side UCS's out there and they both were rusted up really bad and didnt look good so i grabbed a driver side off of a 94 it looks pretty good...my buddy returned my call this AM so i should be able to go over to his place this afternoon and get it pressed out and then tomorrow after work go over to office depot and ship it...the price ended up being $18 (they charged like 2 for a core charge then 1 and some change for environmental charge) but thats alright

[ShadowManR6]

hey whatever i owe ya let me know as for the bushings i shouldn't need, last i looked they come in the susp lift kit, pretty sure i can just flip the link and shouldn't have a prob using on the other side

Edited March 18, 2007 by ShadowManR6

[unccpathfinder]

alright well i'll just send the whole link then...just PM me with the information so I can get it shipped out

[ShadowManR6]

pm sent with the nfo, let me know if u got any troubles and ill see what i can do to help

[ShadowManR6]

well got the new spindle with the UCA on it, only any quick way to remove the upper link from inside the UCA, only thing i can find is to 'burn' out those rubber bushings, any other suggestions?

[mws]

Your choices are to press one of the bushing shells out of the UCA, or burn out the rubber.

I tried to press. My 12 ton arbor press wouldn't budge it.

 

So...

1) Remove nuts and washers

2) Clamp a arm in vice with spindle vertical

3) Open doors for lots of ventilation

4) MOVE ALL FLAMMABLES! Including stuff on floor

5) Put on gloves, pick up propane torch, fire it off

6) Light cigar

7) Start heating the upper bushing innards. Aim the flame at the rubber and the inner bushing shell.

8) Keep heat on for about 3-4 minutes. Eventually, the steel will get so hot you can push the inner bushing shell and spindle right through. If you heated the upper bushing, you are pushing the spindle upward.

 

NO touchy for several minutes unless you're really foolish...

[ShadowManR6]

well that'll be my last resort, gonna throw it in freezer see if that'll shrink the rubber alittle

[88pathoffroad]

That's not a bad idea if you have a drill and drillbit...freeze it to make the rubber hard, then drill a bunch of holes around the spindle in the rubber. That'll remove a lot of material and still not make too much of a mess.

 

I've always just used a propane torch to get mine out. Lay it on the ground with the torch aimed at the rubber and let 'er burn for a good bit. When the rubber starts to swell out of the socket on both sides of the UCA, turn off the torch and scrape some off, then hit it with heat again. Works great, it just makes a stinky mess. Maybe you could just plain take a little trip somewhere vacant and burn it out away from home?