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**bitcore** · 06-21-2006, 05:08 PM

I cut the bushings out with a saw\drill, and then air hammered them out. The metal that surrounds the bushing is aluminum and comparitively thin, so it melts like butter with an air hammer whacking away at it.
I built the 2" pipe endcap press, but GET A SEROUS BOLT/THREAD or it will also melt like butter when you start REALLY cranking it down - and you'll have to. A 4 foot secton of allthread from home depot is too weak, I wound up finding one my buddy's father's bolts from one of his old corvettes and managed to used that.... I think I stretched it a bit......

PLEASE be sure to unhook the brakelines before you drop the RTAB console, and stick the jack under the arm so you can release it slowly so it dosn't rapidly decompress.

06-21-2006, 05:08 PM	#10
bitcore Name: bitcore Title: Senior Member Status: Offline Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: High Point, NC User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up.	I cut the bushings out with a saw\drill, and then air hammered them out. The metal that surrounds the bushing is aluminum and comparitively thin, so it melts like butter with an air hammer whacking away at it. I built the 2" pipe endcap press, but GET A SEROUS BOLT/THREAD or it will also melt like butter when you start REALLY cranking it down - and you'll have to. A 4 foot secton of allthread from home depot is too weak, I wound up finding one my buddy's father's bolts from one of his old corvettes and managed to used that.... I think I stretched it a bit...... PLEASE be sure to unhook the brakelines before you drop the RTAB console, and stick the jack under the arm so you can release it slowly so it dosn't rapidly decompress. Last edited by bitcore; 06-21-2006 at 05:33 PM..