1960 Lower A-arm disassembly ?

Brandon 348/320

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Have my car completely torn down and getting every part into the blast cabinet. I cannot figure out how to take the bar(what is this part called on the upper and lower a-arm?) out of the a-arm. I was able to drill out the rubber bushing on both the top and the bottom one. The bar(?) in the upper one came out easily after I removed the old bushing. The bottom one will not slide over enough because it has a raised area and will not slide into the hole. Does the metal ring(?) around the holes, need to be pressed out or something? IMG_2995.JPG IMG_3002.JPGIMG_3003.JPG
 

Fathead Racing

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I never have done this before but by the looks of that I could say with some conviction that the bushing needs to be driven out.
 

de31168

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That metal ring is the outer sleeve of the bushing and does need to be knocked out. Your new bushing will come with it attached.

A word of caution when doing the lowers, because it has 2 holes it is pushed through, it will try to collapse them and get into a bind when knocking it out, and it will try to spread them and put it in a bind when going in. Find a block of wood or a short socket to stick in between the 2 metal edges of the control arm to help knocking it out.

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Brandon 348/320

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Thanks for the info on this guys. I wish I would of saw that video earlier. I'll try to get the ring out of the lower ones this weekend.
 

Jim Sullivan

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I have been using a piece of tubing cut in half(looks like the letter "c"). Cut to the width of the gap between the inner and outer walls of the control arm. A tight fit is better to hold it in place and keep the control arm from collapsing. If I am not worried about originality, I will weld the piece of tubing in place for a permanent support.
 

Jim Sullivan

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Stuck my camera under the car and snapped a picture of the support I welded in the lower control arms.control arm support.JPG
I don't have to worry about the control arm collapsing or pinching together removing or installing the bushings. I also use an piece of angle iron between the bushings as in the posted video.
 
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