Lower Control Arm Bushing

dug320 · Post by **dug320** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 11:48 pm

I figured out the problem with front wheel shimmy.

It looks like I inherited the problem from the original owner. The right arm bushing is worn out through a stripped bolt/nut.

How the heck do you get out the old bushing without using a press????????????

shogun · Post by **shogun** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:55 am

use a vise plier for the nut and you have to press out the bushing, clean it thoroughly because that way you can se the lip one side has

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:46 pm

dug320 wrote: I figured out the problem with front wheel shimmy.

It looks like I inherited the problem from the original owner. The right arm bushing is worn out through a stripped bolt/nut.

How the heck do you get out the old bushing without using a press????????????

I hate replacing bushings! I usually end up cutting the nut off with an angle grinder, and pounding out the bolt (which is often rusted in). I usually end up utterly destroying the remnants of the old bushing, and buy all new parts. (this all happened when I replaced a rear end in my wife's old Starlet KP61). I haven't done any tercel bushings yet.

Good luck.

3A-C Power · Post by **3A-C Power** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:01 pm

You can torch the rubber and get it and the inside sleeve out, then use a hammer and chisel on the outside part. The new one can be pressed in with a hammer and a close fitting socket. These methods are difficult and might not work for you. I would reccommend trying to find a small machine shop who would press it for you. I made a set of tools for using in conjunction with a press for changing these bushings, which you could borrow.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:01 pm

On page FA-25 of the FSM 1985 (on line) it shows how to cut the flange off the one side. Then you can beat out the bushing. Another way is to use sockets and/or sections of pipe or tube of appropriate size along with a vise and press the old one out and the new one in. One thing you don't want to do is to use lubricant of any kind when installing the new one. You want the bushing to flex, not rotate in the lower control arm.
Hope this helps.

dug320 · Post by **dug320** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:59 am

Getting it out was not too difficult. Putting in a new one was a nightmare, so I went to the wrecking yard and got one a control arm with a bushing in great shape (looks new).