Very helpful, I'm am struggling with the same issue right now and it is frustrating. Glad to know om not the only one. I do admire your attitude during the process, mine has considerably more 4 letter explicatives.
I just did this job on a dakota, similar holy hell what a PITA. Those lower bushing go in pretty easy, but man getting them out. A character building opportunity my father would say.
Maybe if I stare at it long enough... Yeah, been there. If I stare at it long enough, I'll come up with a brilliant idea. My solution was similar to yours; cut the lower strut clevis off with a Sawzall. I destroyed the bushing, cut the outer cup with the Sawzall and peeled it out. Installed a new bushing, which required a ball joint press. Now I'm stuck at trying to get the lower control arm down enough to get the new strut in. The A frame bushings are so tight, it barely moves.
They bolt along with the two lower control arm bolts are seized also plan on putting new upper and lower control arms and all hardware on meanwhile new wheel bearings and cv joint tie rods sway bar and hardware I used a cutoff wheel and a sawzall and het to work .then take it immediately to a reputable alignment company
Dave next time use a hacksaw blade upside down put through hole installe on saw and cut the sleeve. Takes tension off sleeve easy to remove. Victory to you my friend.
i know im late i struggled with the sway bar bushing on mine too i torched the lower control arm just enough not too much but it expanded enough for me to hammer out the bushing i had a replacment with me so i was visous with it
No I don't think so my friend, no fix by itself. I feel your pain Dave, I have a caliber holder that is almost impossible to brake it loose unless I get a lift high enough to use a cheater bar. Good luck friend.
O. K. all you would be mechanics like me giving advice. I do not care what your advice is....this is not an easy task to accomplish. It will fight you till the very end. Just the way it is sometimes when working on cars and trucks. Dave you did just great....just a real fight.
Excellent video im havin exact same problem tryin to put a leveling kit in and your video helped so much now i feel like me n my friend can do it now
Very helpful, I'm am struggling with the same issue right now and it is frustrating. Glad to know om not the only one. I do admire your attitude during the process, mine has considerably more 4 letter explicatives.
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Thank you very much.
Thanks for posting.
You are a very patient man....good job
I just did this job on a dakota, similar holy hell what a PITA. Those lower bushing go in pretty easy, but man getting them out. A character building opportunity my father would say.
I need to do the same thing on my 07 Dakota. Not looking forward to it.
You got to take the upper bolt off the sway bar link
Maybe if I stare at it long enough...
Yeah, been there. If I stare at it long enough, I'll come up with a brilliant idea. My solution was similar to yours; cut the lower strut clevis off with a Sawzall. I destroyed the bushing, cut the outer cup with the Sawzall and peeled it out. Installed a new bushing, which required a ball joint press. Now I'm stuck at trying to get the lower control arm down enough to get the new strut in. The A frame bushings are so tight, it barely moves.
Smear a dab of anti size on the bushings before you press them in and smear some on the bolts as well
Good advice, I should have bought stock in the product as much as I use
@@leonardwalters154 I hear you in that...I have a big can of both the silver and the copper and use them both liberally
Right on Dave,👍
Glad you figured it out, don't you have a sawsall and some metal blades?
Nope
They bolt along with the two lower control arm bolts are seized also plan on putting new upper and lower control arms and all hardware on meanwhile new wheel bearings and cv joint tie rods sway bar and hardware I used a cutoff wheel and a sawzall and het to work .then take it immediately to a reputable alignment company
Nice use of the press tool. Well done!
The old BFH!!!!
Dave next time use a hacksaw blade upside down put through hole installe on saw and cut the sleeve. Takes tension off sleeve easy to remove. Victory to you my friend.
You can use a Ball joint press to press those out
I'm running into the same issue...
Drilled the bolt out of mine without damaging the sleeve or the bushing.WHAT A HUGE PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!!
But only had to buy a new bolt
That certainly put up a fight !
i know im late i struggled with the sway bar bushing on mine too i torched the lower control arm just enough not too much but it expanded enough for me to hammer out the bushing i had a replacment with me so i was visous with it
hahaha, yes, we always get a little braver when we have a replacement at hand.
Great work Dave, waiting on parts has been a big theme this year !
This same thing happened to me on the ram 1500 and I just cut the strut with a recip saw with metal blade, was so annoying
I thought you would be getting out the torch. Oh yeah, you don't have one. Good job! And good luck with the other side!
No I don't think so my friend, no fix by itself. I feel your pain Dave, I have a caliber holder that is almost impossible to brake it loose unless I get a lift high enough to use a cheater bar. Good luck friend.
Sawzall with metal cutting blade will cut that bolt out easier.
O. K. all you would be mechanics like me giving advice. I do not care
what your advice is....this is not an easy task to accomplish. It will
fight you till the very end. Just the way it is sometimes when working
on cars and trucks. Dave you did just great....just a real fight.
I take it you don't have a plasma cutter or torch Sawzall blade goes on both ways on your Sawzall if you need extra room
What did you use to clean up those burrs?
By the way, your comments along the way made me laugh!
I keep forgetting you live in Canada I live 20 miles from Mojave City in California where you live everything's harder on the vehicle
LEGO will fix it...!
Excellent video im havin exact same problem tryin to put a leveling kit in and your video helped so much now i feel like me n my friend can do it now