help! allignement bushings!

[Ranger4657]

got a set of +- 4 deg. bushings and i dont know how to install them? everyones telling me there pressed in and want to charge out the ass to install...

anyone have advice?

 

[ForOffRoadDriving]

more than likely if you took the coil springs off to install the lift then youre capable of changing these your self and then taking it to a shop who knows how to tune TTB suspensions to get the alignment. the pinch bolt on the upper ball joint is what holds the bushing in and once its loose its just a matter of breaking the rust loose that has built up around the original bushings. im looking for a write up in the tech library for you, but im having trouble finding the one i read a while ago......

 

[Ranger4657]

ok well i got them in earler.

i had a few problems that consisted of:

the 12 point ressesed pinch bolt on one side, the bushings being completely frozen and the pins that retain the bushings.

the pinch bolts were the easyist then i spread the top of the knuckle with a chisle and hammer.

the pins on the other hand were old and shatterd when i finially removed them.

after jacking around with the old bushings with various tools i took a look though the tool box and found an air chisle with a V tiped point, gently knocked the old ones out and replaced with the fully adj bushings by tapping them in at 0 Deg.


hope this helps those of you also looking to do this, i found a few pages on this but nothing that really says how to pop the bushings out besides the use of a pickle fork. the air chisle worked flawlesly and did not dammage the knuckle or any part whats so ever.

 

[mentalbreakdown00]

I charge an hour a piece to install these $68 an hour. You remove the pinch bolt on top ball joint and I use an air hammer to get it out the you use a hammer and carefully reinstall them, then have it alinged. Now In my 12 yrs of doing alignments I have never seen nor used 4 deg bushings most I have ever had to have is .75 degree.