Blues77

Im confused on the outer bushings on the control arms... I dont think I even had outer bushings?? I thought part of the control arm was the outer bushings..and tore the babooshka out of it with an air hammer.... anyway I need a pic of a upper naked control arm (no bushing) so I can unconfuse meself. :withstupid:

Ybnormal

There should be one here, if not let me know and I can post more.
www.angelfire.com/al/swhite7/frontend.html

YBNormal...drive a vette

Twin_Turbo

no outside bushing?? Huh?? The bushing is pressed in from the outside and presses through the bore in the arm

Here's a pic






[Modified by Twin_Turbo, 6:59 AM 9/25/2003]

Blues77

wow.... yea.. I had no outer bushings... just the outside bore on the control arm (which looks kinda like a bushing) was acting as the outer bushing. No wonder it wouldnt come out! :eek: :cuss. Hopefully I can smooth and file down what I tore up on the control arm. Bubba made me pull another bubba. Thanks for the pics twin , and yb.

edit:
just to be sure, that "bore" or bushing on the control arm in ur pic twin..that doesnt come out? (That was acting as my outer bushing)







[Modified by Blues77, 12:02 PM 9/25/2003]

Twin_Turbo

The arm in my pic is with everuthing removed, the cilindrical bushing type deal is part of the A arm stamping and cannot (and should not :) ) be removed

Paul L

FWIW, these are the bushings....

RLaFarge

When I pull mine, what be a good place to take them to, to get the bushings pressed out, or is there a way I can do it my self?

Blues77

You can definatly do them yourself. Getting them pressed may result in slightly bending an arm. Just dont pull a blues77, and air hammer peices of your control arm off. Torch the old rubber ones out then knock the outer shells out. Heres a post with the lars paper. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=616100

Paul L

Take it to a machine shop and have it done properly. And note the upper and lower bushings are different lengths as seen in the pic.

Blues77

Just an update on this... Lower and upper control arms look different when all bushings and shells are removed (Uppers have an outer lip). Myself and friends were majorly confused when trying to figure out what came off. Turns out I didnt mess up my control arm it was actually part of the bushing. For u first timers, heres a pic of them naked.

Upper



Removal of outer bushing became very easy once the technique with the air hammer was discovered.


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Blues77

Lower




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