Does anyone know how the heck your supposed to get the old ones out!?
Most good shops should have a fixture to press out the old bushings and press in the new ones and prevent twisting the arm.
ok thanks.....i'll look into it!
Thats right.
I was going to do this myself. I pushed the bushings out and in on the Grand Marquis arms and it was a major PITA. I used 1/4" flat alumn. stock cut to the width of the inside of the arms( where the bushings are). I used a floor jack and a balljoint press.
With the Pinto arms I took them to a good machine shop and they pushed the old bushings out for $39.00 and pushed the new ones in for $29.00. They actually cut the lower arm bushings out with a torch. It was worth the $$ to me. They had them done overnight each time.
The PST kit I bought came with a rubber cap that went over the new bushings so they wouldnt get damaged when installed.
Keep having fun.
thanks, what a pita this is....
See Jeff, a plasma cutter is the way to go........ :-\
got it done, 50 ton press with the 130 ton in the background incase i needed it! Didn't cost me a dime, actually,I made money, $31 bucks for the hour of goofin off, pressing them out and sand blasting them....at work! ;D
would have been more fun trying to cut them off.................... 8)
See the pretty blue flame!!!!! ;D
theres nothing more manly than cutting metal with fire!
FIRE= Cool............... ( would like to see fire under those smoky burnout pictures your going to take ::)
Does anyone know the torque specs for all the front end stuff?
::) Builds Ford cars ::)
;D
well yea, but the guns shut off at the proper torque so we don't have to check them! (be afraid....be very afraid!) Thanks buddy! I still haven't got those bolts yet!
Guns??????? ??? ??? just use your elbow torque wrench. Mine Is calibrated at all the major torque settings............. ;D
Quote from: turbopinto72 on March 12, 2004, 10:52:20 PM
Guns??????? ??? ??? just use your elbow torque wrench. Mine Is calibrated at all the major torque settings............. ;D
I build over 500 cars a day at work....there is NO WAY i'm using my "elbo torque wrench" at work, i'll stick with the guns! ;D i wouldn't be able to.....ahh....you... know.......type on my keyboard if i had to do all them by hand. :-[