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On my 79 F 250 I replaced a front leaf spring bushing the other day and the old one (oem style) just pushed out with little effort. I tapped the new one in with the palm of my hand. Are they supposed to be tighter than that? Here's a picture of the bushing.
Hey Guys while this is not post related how does one press these bushes out? with a special tool in the truck or do you have to take the complete spring off and get them pressed out Cheers
You can press them out with a ball joint tool. Or make a sleeve and use a BIG C clamp. You might possibly be able to remove old ones with a bfh. And possibly put new ones in freezer for a day before trying to install them w/ bfh
Hey Guys while this is not post related how does one press these bushes out? with a special tool in the truck or do you have to take the complete spring off and get them pressed out Cheers
I like to take the spring off and burn the bushings out with a torch. It's kind of a messy job but it's easy. Once the rubber is lit it will sit there and burn on its own till it falls out. Then there will be a thin sleeve left that usually needs removed to use polyurethane bushings. I usually use them because they don't need pressed.
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