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Posted by: Trav012000 Apr 24 2009, 02:41 PM
Okay so it took me awhile but I finally got my rear droplink bushings pressed into the droplinks. Now I'm trying to get the droplinks attached to the car. Does anyone have a magical way of making this happen? '76 model year if it matters. 
Thanks guys.
Posted by: Cupomeat Apr 24 2009, 02:52 PM
Hmmm, I think I had the exact same questions but I can't find the thread.
The answer appears to be the largest channel locks you can find, or a wooden drift and a big hammer.
Hope that helps.
Posted by: Trav012000 Apr 24 2009, 02:57 PM
Hmmm, I think I had the exact same questions but I can't find the thread.
The answer appears to be the largest channel locks you can find, or a wooden drift and a big hammer.
Hope that helps.
Apparently I didnt try my channel locks quite hard enough.
Posted by: Tom Apr 24 2009, 04:38 PM
When I did mine, I used a large C-clamp. Worked well, just had to keep it aligned or it wanted to slip off. Lubed them up also.
Tom
Posted by: r_towle Apr 24 2009, 05:39 PM
BFH...I use a rubber one.
A very well placed very powerful hit will do it.
Rich
Posted by: SLITS Apr 24 2009, 07:55 PM
Big channel locks
Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 24 2009, 09:53 PM
A "squeeze to tighten" bar clamp. Use a jack to move one trailing arm or the other upward to get the ball on the arm lined up with the socket in the drop-link.
I've also used a C-clamp, but it was hard to keep lined up correctly while tightening the clamp.
--DD
Posted by: ConeDodger Apr 24 2009, 11:43 PM
I have heard that drilling a small hole threw the back of the bushing lets the air out and makes it easier so you are not compressing air too...
Posted by: dgw Apr 25 2009, 10:37 AM
A "squeeze to tighten" bar clamp. Use a jack to move one trailing arm or the other upward to get the ball on the arm lined up with the socket in the drop-link.
I've also used a C-clamp, but it was hard to keep lined up correctly while tightening the clamp.
--DD
the bar clamp worked well for me also. I could not make it work with a C clamp, hammer, etc.
Posted by: Joe Ricard Apr 25 2009, 11:42 AM
Channel locks on the sway bar side
Hammer on the control arm side
Posted by: rascobo Apr 25 2009, 07:38 PM
I have heard that drilling a small hole threw the back of the bushing lets the air out and makes it easier so you are not compressing air too...
It's how I've been doing mine for years. It makes them much easier to get on, and haven't found any drawbacks.
Posted by: SirAndy Apr 25 2009, 11:04 PM
When I did mine, I used a large C-clamp. Worked well, just had to keep it aligned or it wanted to slip off.
Posted by: charliew Apr 26 2009, 09:22 PM
Seems like adding a hole would help but it also would make it easier for crud to migrate through the bushing.
Posted by: Trav012000 Apr 27 2009, 07:27 AM
Channel Locks worked guys thanks. Clamps would have been better. And I thought about drilling a hole. Would have helped too, I apparently squeezed so hard 3 of my fingers ended up bleeding from the cuticle.
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