Front Control Arm Bushing replacement - One side at a time OK?
 

The deal is this, I have a 1 car garage and it would be vey difficult to get to both front control arms and remove as a single unit as I had hoped to. I don't it this think there is a problem doing it this way but would the job be made more difficult because of the situation?

Has anyone here been in the same situation? One side then the other?

I have searched all the bushing replacement threads and can't see anything about this.

Thanks,

No reason why not that I can think of, other than inefficiency.
-C

I have done this project and even though I have plenty of garage space, I chose to do one at a time. My reasoning was it would be good for a novice to have an original side to compare my work to as I went along. Took me about 10 hours total, including repainting the A arms and doing a general cleanup. I went very slowly and compared my progress with the many pictures and descriptions on this board. I never would have attempted it without that help. The step I never would have thought of was using a propane torch to loosen the old bushings. Also, making a tool to press the new bushings on. Good luck.

Indeed, slicker than snot on a door knob!

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Two people is better
 

My A-Arms had the old fix of adding Zerk's fittings & then pumped full of grease to stop the squeaking. Worked for a few years. Cleaning out the ton of grease was a huge mess. Two guys with couple of basic gear pullers were able to back & forth twist off my A-Arm bushings without heat. You may want to try dish soap lube & twisting before heat if you do not have a torch & a proper fire extinguisher. If you are going back with stock rubber bushings, a little silicone O-ring lube will help it slide back together. Best of luck. IMHO Check the ball joints too because it is a perfect time to replace the ball joins with the A-Arms off. Best of Luck.

Hey Cgarr - Thanks for that one! This is my next project, and I thought I'd heat that bushing enough to twist the flange off, then hack and chop the bushing off of the tube, as in the ER video - I had no idea it would practically remove itself!

GK

The ER bushings and special tools look to be the deluxe way to go on this project, but they come with a deluxe price. Any other good alternatives for a street-only application?

GK

Thanks boys, I was just thinking of doing the job in the most efficient manner. One at a time will be fine.

Have you guys seen the series of videos on YT by this gent? Quite entertaining.

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Cheers