I just did mine using only a large vise(bolted to the
floor)It was a breeze....but fitting the A-arm
wishbone back to the Vanagon was harder. i used a
dremel to grind off old spot welds. When pressing the
bushings with the floor vise, I used various sized
steel shims/blocks to get every thing straight. I
greased the old bushings before pressing out. Once
pressed in, I Got our welder the spot weld them.
When welding, make sure you dont get the bushing too
hot becouse this melts the urethane inner bushing(mine
are urethane NOT rubber)

The only problem i have is, I think the new bushings I
bought from Ken are slightly different size than the
old ones(shorter)The A-arm has alot of play unless
fully tightened down on the spindle nut. ALSO, I think
i might of screwed up putting the eccentric washers in
becouse one is not flush with the spindle hole. I gave
up and Im going to limp my westy to an alignment
master come monday. Hopefully I can sort things out.

Laters

Phil Stanhope 84' Westy Tiico "Millenium Falcon"

--- mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote:
> Had to take mine to the local machine shop who
> pressed them out/in.   Said
> it was a bitch.
>
> Mike
>
> > From: John Carpenter <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM>
> > Reply-To: Trvlr2001@AOL.COM
> > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:23:30 EDT
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Anyone replace theeir a arm bushings
> (front) themselves?
> >
> > subject says it all mine is due....I can get the a
> arms off, but wondering if
> > a normal press or vice will do the job to
> swap............
> >
> > Are you talking lower control arm bushings?
> > It`s a booger!
> > They want to tilt to the side.
> > When this happens they get booger`d up by the
> Bushing hole.
> > JC...
> >

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