[Vwdiesel] Control arm bushings

[Tony and Lillie]

They do just slide out of there. Get a big prybar, adn pry at the rear of 
the arm. It helps to already have the front out, that gives you more play 
for the rear.

Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Control arm bushings


>I was just now out entertaining the neighbors by slamming on front end
> components late into the night.  I decided that 318,000 miles was enough
> on the entire front end on the '85 TD Jetta.  Sure enough, every part
> I've looked at is blown.  This includes all of the control arm
> bushings.  The difficulty is that I can't get the control arm out.  The
> rear bushing is stuck and the Bentley is vague.  I had thought that if I
> removed the large bolt through the bushing, the control arm should swing
> free (everything else is obviously out of the arm).  I tried to remove
> the 6" piece of supporting metal that the large bolt goes through and
> also has a mount for the sway bar, but with all of the bolts removed,
> it's locked in still.  Does anyone know if that piece is welded in?  If
> it wasn't at the factory, 23 years and 300,000 miles did the job.
>
> Every setback is not good in a low-motivation environment.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
>
> -Shalyn
>