[DeTomaso] Bushing removal tool

[Chuck and Linda Huber]

I have found it is a lot easier to use a puller to get rubber suspension bushings out.  No cutting or torches required.

If you look carefully at this picture, you can see the head of a carriage bolt on the lower end of the bushings, which is seated in the metal tube in the center of the bushings.

The crescent wrench provides a little space and leverage for the bushing to pull through the A-Arm sleeve.

The metal U-Channel is where a washer and nut is set, and the ratchet pulls the carriage bolt through the A-Arm.

Try it out.  Once you get the lip of the bushing into the A-Arm sleeve, you can pretty much use leverage with the crescent wrench on the A-Arm sleeve to pull the bushing through.

Lots easier than other methods I have tried, and works well for reinstall of new bushings, as well.


Chuck 




-----Original Message-----
From: Will Kooiman [mailto:will.kooiman at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 5:34 AM
To: Mike Drew; steve at snclocks.com
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bushing removal tool

I did the Sawzall and sockets trick on mine.  I didn't even use a press or vice.  If I recall correctly, I used a long bolt.  It wasn't bad at all - maybe one Saturday to do everything.

A bushing removal tool would have been easier, but it's a nice-to-have.

A Dremel might have been easier than a Sawzall.  There's not a lot of room for a saw.

On 8/30/21, 7:08 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

    At the other end of the spectrum, a blowtorch works too!

    You can saw the large end of the bushing off, and then use a vice and appropriately sized deep well sockets (one small one large) and press them out. 

    Mike

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    > On Aug 29, 2021, at 09:19, steve at snclocks.com wrote:
    > 
    > I wrote an article on using a lathe - about the cleanest option I have seen.  But then, it does require a lathe.
    > 
    > Stephen Nelson
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Dennis Sanford via DeTomaso
    > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2021 9:01 AM
    > To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
    > Subject: [DeTomaso] Bushing removal tool
    > 
    > 
    > Does anyone know of a universal bushing removal tool that will work on our Pantera?
    > 
    > Dennis
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