control arms

My front control arms were a bitch to remove. The two bolts that hold them in did not want to come out. The bushings are a bitch to get out as well. You have to torch them out and then when they get hot enough, you take a stick and push the bushing out of it's sleeve. The shells the bushings were in were a bitch too. I took my torch set it on cut mode and cut it in half. Then I took an air hammer, smashed it in half and then worked it out. I replaced mine with poly bushings and boxed the front arms. Pressing the bushings in was easy with the help of a shop vise. Just use some penetrating oil to lube the casing and a few items to prevent the bushing from getting distorted and you are in business. The ball joints are easy too. To get them out, take a pole, that is a bit bigger than the underside of the ball joint. Place the arm on that pole, so the ball joint is right above it. Then have someone hold the arm, and take a sledge and pound it out. Otherwise go rent a ball joint press. I did not have a press to get them out, but I rented a press to get them in and they went in easy as cake. All you need is an impact gun and you are finished. Took me 10 minutes to press them in, and 5 of those minutes was waiting for the air compressor to warm up. Take a look at this pick I took of my front arm.

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You should hear how loud my rear control arms squeak sometimes.....that's what you get with polyurethane, but it doesn't bother me.