1. Is the sleeve that I see between the two control arm plates the sleeve of the bushings? Therefore I can cut it with a recipicating saw (sawzal)?

2. Why do some try to burn out the rubber? Is it so they don't have to saw thru the inner bushing sleeve?

3. I make my 2 cuts on the outer bushing sleeve perpendicular to the sleeve and in between the control arm plates and then just press out the ends or cave in the ends and tap them out?

 

The Shop Manual Says They Should Be Removed With An Arbor Press.

 

get a balljoint press. it's like a really heavy duty c clamp.. they will slide right out and the new ones will slide right in.. just make sure you make a spacer to put in the space between the "legs" of the arm that the bushing presses into to keep them from collapsing..

 

Good luck pressing out 30 year old bushing sleeves without mega press and heat. What appends when you apply adequate heat? The rubber burns.
I burned them out then cut up the sleeves so I could collapse them inwards.
Other posters are correct that the critical part of the pressing in or out is proper spacers and drivers or you will bend the arms, true for rear arms too.
Here's mine with new bushings pressed in.

 

How many spacers do I use. I've been using parts from my ballpoint kit as spacers. I bent the arm legs without the spacers and bent them back, I hope the legs don't have to be perfectly bent back.

 

I bent my control arm legs trying to press them out, but bent them back. Will that be okay?

 

Guess it depends how badly bent they were. Bending will fatigue the metal and possibly cause weakness, but it should be able to handle a little bending. Check for any distortion or stretched areas.

The right number of spacers is enough to keep the arms from moving. I have a bunch of random steel blocks and shims I use for my press. I just lightly jam them between the arms so there's no slack.

 

I just wondered if I didn't get the legs bent exactly back to shape it wouldn't work right.

 

As long as your close to the original position it will be fine.