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79T/A · 01-15-2009, 07:50 AM

rs73camaro, good call on the presses. Gonna look into that as I still need to hit up Harbor Freight for a new Universal Ball Joint tool.

WildBillyT, also a good call on drilling. I used a good sized bit to go through the rubber bushings and that loosened things up enough to push the sleeve out with a C clamp. The rest came out with a little bit of prying after that.

Now the next challenge: Removing the bushings on the top A arms, you know, the ones that have the rod running through them that bolts to the subframe? Will a shop remove those, too?

Thanks to everyone for all the help.

01-15-2009, 07:50 AM	#9
79T/A Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Wantage, NJ Posts: 693 iTrader: (0)	rs73camaro, good call on the presses. Gonna look into that as I still need to hit up Harbor Freight for a new Universal Ball Joint tool. WildBillyT, also a good call on drilling. I used a good sized bit to go through the rubber bushings and that loosened things up enough to push the sleeve out with a C clamp. The rest came out with a little bit of prying after that. Now the next challenge: Removing the bushings on the top A arms, you know, the ones that have the rod running through them that bolts to the subframe? Will a shop remove those, too? Thanks to everyone for all the help. Last edited by 79T/A; 01-15-2009 at 07:53 AM.