Re: Removing A-arm bushings...

[paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Heneghan,Paul)]

From: Bryan Gunn <bgunn@voicetek.com>

>Was there ever a consensus reached on the best way to press out/in A-arm
>bushings using common household items? These are 4000q/ur-q style bushings,
>if it matters.

I'm late reading my digests, so this may have been answered already, 
 but here is my solution.

Press out as much of the old bushing as you can.  If it is rotten, it 
 should all practically fall out except for the outer metal shell.  If 
 it is not rotten, then wou will probably have to hacksaw out the 
 rubber inner parts.

Using a hacksaw, cut through as much of the bushing outer shell as you 
 dare (probably about half way through).  Take great care not to go all 
 the way through and cut into the A-arm.  Using a hammer and punch, 
 fold in the shell (it should cut along the seam that you just 
 hacksawed) from both ends.  After a while, it should be easy to press 
 out the remains of the shell using a long bolt and nut, some washers 
 and some large sockets/pieces of pipe.

All this takes some time, but does work.  The thing that I found 
 difficult, was pressing in the new bushings.  I slightly bent a 
 one-ton vice doing this!

Good luck!

Paul
paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
1984 Audi 80 quattro
1983 Audi 100 Avant