RE: control arm bushings

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Wouldn't it be a good idea to heat the control arm in the oven and freeze
the bushing in the refrigerator before trying to install it?

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Don Hoefer [SMTP:hoefer@eng.pko.dec.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 26, 1998 4:14 PM
> To:	human@nh.ultranet.com
> Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: control arm bushings
> 
	[...] 
> You might try compressing the bushing with
> a small piston ring compressor and some hose clamps after greasing it.
> Then push it in with a big clamp or a bench vise and a socket.  I
> tried this but I could not get the whole thing to stay together.  The
> piston ring compressor I used was too large or too cheap or both.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Don Hoefer
> '82 Coupe