After you press the shaft out of your lower control arm to replace the bushing, you still have the inner sleeve pressed on the shaft to tackle.
One way I found easy and no damage to shaft is to tack weld a washer on to the sleeve and that gives you something to press on. I used the press but after it is hot from welding on it will be easy to tap out in a vise with a soft punch.
I'm a cheapo so I even cut the tack off the sleeve to use washer again
The Idaho Andy I love the smell of race fuel in the morning
Another option is if you have a cut off wheel, you can cut a groove in it, then smack it with a hammer and chisel or a air chisel It will break enough to the slide off the shaft with pliers.
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I love Mopars so much I'm date coding the skid marks in my underwear.
The words of experience! I am agreeing with both these posts because I have done the very same things. I'm a cheapo as well, I'd rather expend muscle and broken skin then spend a buck if I can get away with it. Couldn't have gone through all these years fixing my own machines unless I had that attitude!
Castles made of sand slip in to the sea....eventually
My method usually involves a hammer and chisel...then a bigger hammer...the an even bigger hammer...then occasionally a completely new piece of whatever I'm working on.
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