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Re: [GMCnet] may have bit off more than I can chew, Bushings... [message #211147 is a reply to message #211144] |
Sat, 15 June 2013 09:35 |
sgltrac
Messages: 2797 Registered: April 2011
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Yea Rob. Those look easy compared to the GMC!
Todd Sullivan
Sully
77 royale
Seattle
On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:01 AM, "Rob Mueller" <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Kerry,
>
> Unfortunately the GMC upper control arms are not made the same way the Imperial arms are made. If you try and push the upper
> bushings through the control arms you'll never get it installed all the way and you will deform the arm.
>
> Below is a series of photos that show some home made tools.
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> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/control-arm-bushing-replacement/p17358.html
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> Note the two "vertical" parts that the bushing gets pressed through, if you don't put a spacer between the vertical parts you WILL
> deform the arm and you WILL have problems. Also note that the bushing goes completely through the inner vertical surface so you need
> a tubular spacer to allow that to happen.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry Pinkerton
>
> Here is a link to an article I posted on the Imperial Club a few years back that shows how I did the remove and replace.
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> http://imperialclub.com/Repair/Suspension/Uppers/index.htm]
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> Nothing new other than shop expedient tooling and some different photos:
>
> Kerry
>
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Sully
77 Royale basket case.
Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list)
Seattle, Wa.
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