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Oct 23, Replacing the rear spring hanger bushings in the frame rails. Follow along and see how we do this job. May 01, For the spring bushings, it takes a whole five minutes each, just tap a screwdriver into the crack where the spring bushing eyelet joins together. That will spread the eyelet enough for the bushing to practically fall out in your hand. Now the FRAME mounted bushings are a whole nother ball game.

There really ain't no easy way to get those out.

Remove the cotter pin from the lower kingpin nut and crack the nut loose. Place the floor jack, with a wood protector under the outer edge of the lower control arm shock opening.

Leave enough room to remove the nut on the bottom of the kingpin; The handle of. The threaded rod with the geased end goes toward the outside.

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install a heavy fender washer and screw a nut on this. Tightening the nut on the greased end will pull the smaller socket thru the hole in the frame, taking the old bushing with it.

Make sure the sockets stay centered. Installation is the reverse. The best way to remove these bushings is to use a torch and set the rubber on fire.

With the pin out the end caps come off the upper pin

Let it burn one to two minutes then hit the eye so the rubber and the inner sleeve falls out. Then use a punch and a hammer and catch the end of the outer sleeve and curl it over.

Once enough of the sleeve has been bent over the sleeve can be driven out.