rear control arm bolts

I have a air compressor and a air gun and that takes them right off. Its a tight fit but ive done it

Shirley said:

i dont have access to air tools. Has anyone done this with hand tools?

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I did it about 18 months ago. I did a rear end housing swap, with nothing but hand tools, all by myself, in my 1-car garage.

I can't remember the exact size wrenches and sockets you need, but I remember it was quite a mix of English and metric. I was able to get a pipe over the wrench I was using and got the bolts to move a fraction of a turn at a time. It took quite a while to get them off.

To get the old UCA bushings out, I drilled away the old rubber material until I was able to hammer the rest out. I have heard the easiest way to get the old bushings out is to torch them out. Whatever you do, don't damage the metal cases around the old bushings -- you need them for the new ones.