I'm rebuilding my front suspension this weekend using a polygraphite kit from PST. My question is how hard would it be to remove and replace the A-arm bushinigs without a press. I'm confident in myself, and I'll be doing it myself either way, but I was just looking for some info. and tips. Anybody using this kit? Like it?

 

Oh, and what type of lubricant should I use. Thanks

 

They're one of the biggest PITA things I know of to replace. I pay someone else to do them (one of the 3 or 4 things on the enitire car I don't do myself), and people usually use an air chisel not a press. You could use a press to put in new ones, it's geting the old ones out without wasting the control arm that's such a pill.

PST supplies maintenance instructions, follow them.

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports

 

Save yourself the aggravation and take them to a machine shop. It only cost me $36 to have the bushings and balljoints pressed out and the new parts pressed in for both A-arms. Well worth it!

Plus, it only took the shop an hour to do it.

 

I have it. On my Trans Am (no longer have). I press the bushings out at a friends shop. Took me two hours to do with the equipment they had. On my firebird I took them in to get them done. Don't wast your the time on them. If you don't have a press.

I have this kit on my car right now I like it alot. Remmeber to gresses the bushing before you install them or elce they will squeek. Polygraphie all round. While your under there might as well change the struts, inner and outer tie rods, pitman gear, and do your brakes at the same time. That what I did.

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90 Firebird SSA (Bone stock 3.1)

Everything Below I've added

Engine: Accel Super Coil, 8mm Accel Ignition Wires, 170 Degree Thermostat, NKG Plautum Plugs, K&N Filter, Flowmaster 80

Suspension: Bell Tech Drop Spindles, Edelbrock PanHard Bar, Lakewood Lower Control Arms, Wonderbar IROC-Z, KYB GR2 Struts, KYB Gas-a-Just Shocks, PST Suspension Polygrapite Bushings All Round, 36mm WS6 Front Sway Bar, 24mm WS6 Rear Sway Bar

Brakes: Cross Drilled and sloted Rotors

Appearance: Trans Am Tail Lights, Trans Am Wrap Around Wing, Trans Am 16" Alum rims, Tinted Windows Rear 90% Sides 50%

Interior: GTA power seats, Overhead console, Power windows, Power locks, T-tops, Sun shade, Pioneer P77DH, Uniden radar detector, Intellitronix - Fuel pressure gauge, Transmission temp gauge. (In pods)

 

damn i do this all the time and it isn't any big deal to me. air chisle to remove them and a press to get them back in. i'd rather do bushings than change oil and filter in the trans.

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ICON Motorsports

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