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.

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.

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

BFH...I use a rubber one.
A very well placed very powerful hit will do it.

Rich

Big channel locks

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

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...

the bar clamp worked well for me also. I could not make it work with a C clamp, hammer, etc.

Channel locks on the sway bar side
Hammer on the control arm side

It's how I've been doing mine for years. It makes them much easier to get on, and haven't found any drawbacks.

Seems like adding a hole would help but it also would make it easier for crud to migrate through the bushing.

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.