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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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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
 
Old Dec 15, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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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.
 
Old Dec 15, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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hammer and some bearing grease and bang them in there.
 
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 07:12 AM
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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.
 
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 05:22 AM
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how bout a OTC type ball joint press. it even comes with the cups. You can even rent them at autozone
 
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