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Re: stupid torque arm bushings (HELP PLEASE!!!)
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Posted by LDH (more from LDH) on Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:47:11 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: stupid torque arm bushings (HELP PLEASE!!!), nt moore, Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:03:21
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I did pretty much what everyone else did, but thought there were some points that might be made clearer.

Although I have a sawzall, I was too worried about hacking apart everything in the engine bay with it, so I used a hacksaw. Maybe sawzall is bigger than what other people are using, but it just looked like I would at the very least run the risk of damaging the mounting bracket because of the angle I would have to saw at.

First, I used some painter's drop cloth and tape to cover the area I'd be working on so that rubber/metal chips wouldn't end up all over everything. I used a large drill and put several holes through the rubber part of the mount. I then used a sharp knife to clear as much of the rubber out as possible. I took out my hacksaw and removed the blade from it. I then ran the loose blade through the opening in the bushing and re-mounted it to the hacksaw upside down (teeth facing up). I did this because it looked like sawing at the top of the bushing would present the least chance of damaging anything else on the engine with the blade. I sawed the thin metal casing of the bushing through in two places about a half inch apart, being careful not to saw into the mounting bracket itself. I used a screwdriver and a hammer to pry/force the small chunk I just sawed out. Finally, I used the screwdriver and hammer on the rim of the bushing casing to collapse it in on itself. It came out pretty easily after that. All this took me about a half hour of standing on the engine.

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