When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Hey! Today i pressed Out 50 year old Rubber bushings in my upper a Arm and accidently Something came Off that shouldnt. There a Metal piece, where the bushings sit on and IT came Off with the bushing still atached. Can i Drive IT back in after cleaning it Up?
What a disaster, Up until this Point everything went smooth.
Have a nice say and best regards from Germany.
You could try and freeze the A-Arm and heat up the other piece. Simply wrap your A-arm in plastic or foil and freeze it overnight. Then heat up the bushing sleeve and push it on with the help of some GOOD heat resistant Gloves or a tool to hold the part while you put it back in place. You don't need so much heat that you start melting parts....
It is amazing at the condition of some of the parts on these cars. My 1968 C3 was built in October,1967 and has several 1967 C2 BB Parts under the hood. I wait until I verify the part is "correct" for my year C3, before ordering any replacements.
Best regards,
Chris
P.S. Spouses do not like finding Car parts in their Freezer so keep it in there for a short time.... Overnight should do it unless you have some liquid nitrogen laying around.
If you are replacing the bushings the new bushings will come with the inner sleeve and outer shell. you do not want to leave the old sleeve on the shaft.
Pat
Don't know why you want to remove it but, take a die grinder and cut down the outer shell longitudinally in two places , pry off the shell then using a razor knife cut away the rubber down to the inner shell and remove.
From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
Air chisel it off. Outlined in detail my article - e-mail me for a copy. Do not use the copy of the paper linked in Interpon's post above - it is obsolete by 20 years. Use only papers that you obtain directly from me.
Bushings and inner sleeves removed with air chisel - done in minutes:
Crude, brutal, and effective. Some bushings come out with the inner sleeve, and some of the inner sleeves have to be separately chiseled off the shafts:
New bushings test-fitted to the cleaned shafts after the shaft ends are sanded and polished to assure a smooth fit of the new bushings with sleeves:
New bushing pressed into the a-arm, and cross shaft being slipped into position. You don't need a press - just a cheap Chinese 3/4-inch drive socket set, and good vice, and a big hammer. Be sure to lube everything during assembly:
P.S. Spouses do not like finding Car parts in their Freezer so keep it in there for a short time.... Overnight should do it unless you have some liquid nitrogen laying around.
What kind of classic car garage does not have it's own beer fridge..... geeze.....
Thanks for all the replies, guess i will have to buy an Air chisel. Any recommendations concerning Power? Do i need a big one or will harbour freight do the Job as well?
The cheap pressing tool bent a little but IT also did the Job.
Have a good one!
Its Off, a few whacks with a Hammer and chisel with some Pb Blaster in between worked Like a Charm. Thanks for the replies, its my First time doing all of it so inconveniences Like that still make me nervous.
Have a good one, time for a Garage Beer for me, cheers
Its Off, a few whacks with a Hammer and chisel with some Pb Blaster in between worked Like a Charm. Thanks for the replies, its my First time doing all of it so inconveniences Like that still make me nervous.
Have a good one, time for a Garage Beer for me, cheers
Sounds like this is your first time doing this kind of repair so if you don't already know you don't tighten the nuts on the shaft until the car is back on the ground and is at it normal ride height.
Thank you for that information. Are there more Bolts that need to be tightened when the car is back in the ground or are those the only ones. Will read the manual before Putting everything back together
Thank you for that information. Are there more Bolts that need to be tightened when the car is back in the ground or are those the only ones. Will read the manual before Putting everything back together
Are you redoing the lower arms, too? Strut rods?
If you use rubber bushings, you need to tighten on the ground, to make sure the rubber is in a neutral position before clamping the inner sleeve with the bolt.
If you are using poly bushings, or heim joints, it shouldn't matter, but you should still do your alignment with the car on the ground.
Im redoing everything except for the Power steering. Upper and lower a Arms and ball joints, strud rods, tie rod ends, shocks and springs. Tie rod ends and ball Joints from moog and the Rest is pu Energy Suspension.
Be sure and follow the instructions for the Energy SuspensionsPolyurethane bushings carefully or they might squeak a bit. The newer polyurethane parts now get graphite impregnated into the polyurethane to prevent long term squeaks. One of the first things I did after buying the 1968 C3 we own was what you are doing. I pulled everything apart and restored the bushings with the new polyurethane bushings. I had just returned to the United States after three months in the Middle East enjoying the heat. It was very relaxing to work on my own project for a while. The big advice is to use lots of lubricant and take your time!
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Slideshow: A Jaguar designer's personal project imagines what a modern front-engined Corvette might look like if Chevrolet revisited the golden age of the Stingray.
A Arms disaster
