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5150 · 01-09-2007, 11:56 PM

How do you remove the lower control arms bushings. I was going to replace the whole assembly but the nut is, if I measured correctly, 1 11/16. How the hell do you get that bad boy off.

Bryan

SCOTI · 01-10-2007, 12:37 AM

I use either a pipe wrench or a very large adjustable wrench.

*Shane* · 01-10-2007, 12:41 AM

Big ass Crescent Wrench and a Big Ass Hammer ... soak the nuts in WD-40 or some other type of penetrating oil then wail away.

IvelDesigns · 01-10-2007, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Shane

Big ass Crescent Wrench and a Big Ass Hammer ... soak the nuts in WD-40 or some other type of penetrating oil then wail away.

move your fingers first though...

chopper103in · 01-10-2007, 12:08 PM

did mine with a 3/4 inch drive socket on a 1/2 drive impact

craig@ridetech.com · 01-10-2007, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by chopper103in

did mine with a 3/4 inch drive socket on a 1/2 drive impact

Same here. Penetrating oil and lots of air pressure.

5150 · 01-10-2007, 02:09 PM

well, I got a 60 gallon compressor, so that shouldn't be a problem. It was just the socket size and all that I was wondering about.

01-09-2007, 11:56 PM	#1
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Stupid Question of the Week How do you remove the lower control arms bushings. I was going to replace the whole assembly but the nut is, if I measured correctly, 1 11/16. How the hell do you get that bad boy off. Bryan __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

01-10-2007, 12:37 AM	#2
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 22,066	Re: Stupid Question of the Week I use either a pipe wrench or a very large adjustable wrench. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

01-10-2007, 12:41 AM	#3
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Re: Stupid Question of the Week Big ass Crescent Wrench and a Big Ass Hammer ... soak the nuts in WD-40 or some other type of penetrating oil then wail away.

01-10-2007, 12:08 PM	#5
chopper103in Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: sycamore,il Posts: 163	Re: Stupid Question of the Week did mine with a 3/4 inch drive socket on a 1/2 drive impact

01-10-2007, 02:09 PM	#7
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Re: Stupid Question of the Week well, I got a 60 gallon compressor, so that shouldn't be a problem. It was just the socket size and all that I was wondering about. __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4



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