rear control arms

1982 mustang 5.0 · 12-14-2007, 08:34 PM

they are a bitch to install well the arms them selves are pertty easy to install but the upper control arm bushings omg first i cant get them off now i cant get them on anyone have any experience with this at this point i am willing to try anything

ClemsonStang · 12-15-2007, 12:31 PM

use alittle lube. either some lithium grease of some sort, or even some wd40/pb blaster, the rubber sticks to the metal, so you want something to slick the rubber up. doing one at a time makes things alittle easier.

spike_africa · 12-15-2007, 04:59 PM

hammer and some bearing grease and bang them in there.

cobra1923 · 12-19-2007, 07:12 AM

are you talking about the bushings in the rearend housing for the uppers? They can be a huge pain, they make an install tool (basically a screw/nut and some big cupped washers) that act like a little press and press them into the rear square. I forget who makes it but it was in a recent mustang mag article. If you're talking about the other bushings, then it's grease and a press/vice/hammer.

copracr · 01-30-2008, 05:22 AM

how bout a OTC type ball joint press. it even comes with the cups. You can even rent them at autozone

12-14-2007, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
1982 mustang 5.0 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 425	rear control arms they are a bitch to install well the arms them selves are pertty easy to install but the upper control arm bushings omg first i cant get them off now i cant get them on anyone have any experience with this at this point i am willing to try anything __________________

12-15-2007, 12:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
ClemsonStang Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 378	use alittle lube. either some lithium grease of some sort, or even some wd40/pb blaster, the rubber sticks to the metal, so you want something to slick the rubber up. doing one at a time makes things alittle easier. __________________

12-15-2007, 04:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
spike_africa Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando,Florida Posts: 6,968	hammer and some bearing grease and bang them in there. __________________ Dustin 2002 GT Mustang 5-Speed Drag Radials,Sprayed,Powershifted WOOO HOOOO!

12-19-2007, 07:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
cobra1923 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Baltimore Posts: 570	are you talking about the bushings in the rearend housing for the uppers? They can be a huge pain, they make an install tool (basically a screw/nut and some big cupped washers) that act like a little press and press them into the rear square. I forget who makes it but it was in a recent mustang mag article. If you're talking about the other bushings, then it's grease and a press/vice/hammer. __________________ 2003 10th Anniversary Cobra Convertible All Stock and staying that way... well maybe some pipes since it's so quiet..ahhhh! it's a sickness 1995 mustang GT vert - all black (almost back together)

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01-30-2008, 05:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
copracr Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 68	how bout a OTC type ball joint press. it even comes with the cups. You can even rent them at autozone