Upper rear axle housing bushing swap

[gregpro50]

Has anyone ever changed these ?? I bought an upper and lower control arm set and they didnt come with the bushings for the axle housing. How do you change them ?? Do you whack the old ones out with a hammer ?? They look rusted in there pretty good. Do the new ones need to be pressed in ?? I dont see the point of getting new control arms with nice urethane bushings and leaving the crappy rubber bushings in the rear end.

 

[macx]

http://www.lincolnsonline.com/article74.html

 

[macx]

Besides that puller to get the old ones out, put the new ones in a cold freezer for a couple hours, then clean the inside of the loops with medium or fine sandpaper, lube them with a little WD or whatever, and the new ones tap into place rather easily with a normal sized hammer.

 

[jerry beach]

http://www.maximummotorsports.com/rucabushing.asp

Its $40 there, I would just rather buy it. Anyone know if its for sale cheaper somewhere else. I got an idea, try the parts store and see if they can order you one up. Prolly $20.

 

[90mustangGT]

I used a drill and ground all old bushing out and then the rest fell out. Then I put in some lube, and pushed it in just like I would shoving anything large into a smaller tight hole. I used the poly bushings, mine were split in serveral spots.

 

[jerry beach]

You use KY on that too. Sounds like a plan, I have some drills laying around. My dumb buddy says pull the rear out of the car and knock them out with a BFH. I am not about to do that, but mine are coming out too very shortly. Did you drill it with the rear in the car?

 

[TheBocSez]

If you looking to replace them with poly bushings, here is a link to help out since poly axle housing busings reuse the metal sleeve. http://home.flash.net/~ivc1/cobra/diffbush.html
Would also work if you are going to replace them with stock bushings, once the old rubber is out of the sleeve, use a hammer and screwdriver to crush the metal sleeve and pull it out.

 

[eagle_011]

I'm going to be replacing these bushings soon also, when i put all of the new bushings in my Megabyte control arms. All of the tips above are very helpful.

I LOVE THIS PLACE.

 

[liv2ride]

http://www.lincolnsonline.com/article74.html

Does anyone know the exact measurements of the items listed to make this tool? It would be nice to make it rather than pay $40 for a tool I would probably only use this one time.

The hole drill bit is a good idea if I cannot make a tool to press it out.

Thanks.