Aftermarket UPR upper control arm bushings?

[pissedoff92]

Im building a new rear end for my car, I bought new bushings for the housing. The factory ones had a metal sleeve that they were in and they were impossible to get out without destroying them. Do the poly bushings slide into the housing without a sleeve or do I have to buy new sleeves somewhere?

 

[Rick 91GT]

They reuse the stock sleeves... You can buy a new set of stock bushings from Ford Racing, this is what Id recommend in the rear housing or a set of spherical bearings (no sleeve required)

 

[pissedoff92]

could I get just the sleeves or would I have to buy the ford bushings to get them?

 

[Sharad]

If you bought the poly bushings from us, but you can't use them because of the damaged sleeves you removed, we could probably work something out on swapping them to the spherical bushings, if you want. The sphericals are more money, but personally I prefer how freely the rear end articulates on the sphericals. Just let me know.

 

[pissedoff92]

I dont really care, if the sleeves are gonna be a pain in the arse to find Id be willing to buy the spherical bushings

 

[Rick 91GT]

Ive never seen just sleeves, and to be honest I dont know how you would install a sleeve without a bushing with out damage.

 

[Noobz347]

http://www.maximummotorsports.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=514_21_99

 

[srtthis]

Ive never seen just sleeves, and to be honest I dont know how you would install a sleeve without a bushing with out damage.

im guessing a LOT of heat and a frozen sleeve

but id just take sharad up on the offer and get the spherical bushings

 

[pissedoff92]

I thought you would press a bushing into the sleeve then press the sleeve into the housing? but yea Im prolly gonna end up getting the sphericals

 

[Sharad]

I dont really care, if the sleeves are gonna be a pain in the arse to find Id be willing to buy the spherical bushings

If you call Jeremy at UPR 561.588.6630 and explain the situation, I'm sure he can arrange some sort of credit toward the sphericals if you haven't installed your poly bushings.

 

[foxna6]

My front a arm bushing came with new sleeves but new sleeves for the rear spherical sounds like the answer to me . How did you get the sleeves out air hammer and smash

 

[srtthis]

My front a arm bushing came with new sleeves but new sleeves for the rear spherical sounds like the answer to me . How did you get the sleeves out air hammer and smash

i heated up the "ear" on the housing and used a chisel bit on the sleeve and it came right out

 

[pissedoff92]

yea ball peen/ air hammer combo. they looked a chitty so I just figured theyd come with the new bushings they seemed like the bushing was molded inside the sleeve. oh well, I havent installed the bushings yet or even taken them out of the package. lookes like spherical it is.