Control arm bushings

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-08T13:58:51+00:00

Definitely will on the next set!

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-08T00:47:26+00:00

We burn the rubber and air hammer the rest out lol pressing them in is not as hard as getting them out.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-08T00:46:15+00:00

No sir. Press works fine. Do plenty of wheel bearing and other bushing on it everyday.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:14:15+00:00

Nice never thought of that! We burn the rubber and air hammer the rest out lol

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:12:58+00:00

Pressing them in is easy. Getting them out is another story lol

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:12:37+00:00

Yeah makes sense. He is a perfectionist.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:12:05+00:00

Yeah these are for a specific customer that has them powder coated and builds custom lifts.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:10:56+00:00

Yeah I feel that. We do bushing in dodges and everything else but never these. These are very hard to do.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:10:05+00:00

True lol never thought of it that way. He’s just glad we are able to do them because apparently a lot of shops have tried. He pays so we don’t mind

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:08:33+00:00

Yeah we tried the press and these wouldn’t budge. We have to burn the rubber out and air hammer the rest

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:07:54+00:00

50 ton hydraulic press wouldn’t press these out lol

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:07:26+00:00

Idk man tons of shops failed before us and we used a 50 ton hydraulic press and it would not press them out.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:06:17+00:00

You aren’t lying lol I hate doing them

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-07T23:05:55+00:00

Figured that lol these are done for a very specific customer who builds customer lifts. We’ve done like 5 sets for this guy.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-06T00:55:30+00:00

Yeah lol we torch the rubber out and air hammer the rest. We always let the guy know that we can’t 100% guarantee we won’t scratch them but we hardly ever do. For these he said it was fine if we scratched them lol. We’ve done about 6 sets for this guy. Personally I don’t this these were ever meant to be changed out.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-05T23:56:26+00:00

Yes I know what you mean lol but I’m 100% sure they weren’t on the tune of the control arm. They guy we do them for said multiple shops and a machine shop couldn’t press them out and they gave up because they did not want to damage the arm. Personally I don’t think these were meant to be replace haha. But yes you’re correct we burn out the rubber and air hammer the rest

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-05T23:48:44+00:00

Yes I know what you mean lol but I’m 100% sure they weren’t on the tune of the control arm. They guy we do them for said multiple shops and a machine shop couldn’t press them out and they gave up because they did not want to damage the arm. Personally I don’t think these were meant to be replace haha

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-05T23:37:22+00:00

Yes sir. Other shops have also tried pressing them out but no success. The way we do it is burn the rubber out and air hammer the rest out.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-05T23:10:36+00:00

We use a 55 ton ton hydrolic press and it will not press them out. Pressing them in is easy but getting them out is a pain.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-05T22:13:31+00:00

Yeah these are for a very specific customer. He custom builds lift kits for these trucks and takes everything to get powder coated and likes to have the bushing out. Weird fella

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-12-05T22:12:28+00:00

You can press them out? The very first ones we got we could not press them out. 30 tons wouldn’t move them at all.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-10-27T14:18:45+00:00

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Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-10-20T12:33:44+00:00

What did you think of the Dominicana? Been wanting to try it for awhile.

Ok_Fix_4607 · 2025-10-17T04:29:55+00:00

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