Removing polyurethane a-arm bushes

Polyurethane bushings are very easily removed. They are in two halves and will pull out of the holes without any tools at all, in most cases, maybe just a screwdriver. If you want to see what they look like, go to an aouto parts store and look at them. They have universal sway bar bracket mounting kits and they include the "clamps" that broke on your car, and the polyurethane bushings for about $15.99.

To install the rubber bushing will be more problematic. Best to heat the a-arms and freeze the "rubber" bushings to contract the metal casing housing the rubber bushing. Then they may slip in. Talk to the vendor about the installation for more details on this.

If the real problem is your front inboard sway bar brackets breaking, have you either:

a) Replaced these bushings with rubber bushings (assuming they too are polyurethane) OR

b) Changed the OUTBOARD bushings to the spherical-type (SphereBar)

Pulling the A-Arms out is certainly MUCH more work than playing with the swaybar bushings.

Swen

Thanks guys.

I found I could ease the bushes out with some pipe grips, without damaging the a-arm or the bush. A large socket, some threaded bar and some heavy washers worked well to pull in the new rubber bushes easily.

I'm doing the sway bar bushes too. Got factory originals for about $14.