Getting out swing arm bushings? Best practices?

[edelweiss]

Please see picture below. I heard that getting these bushings out is a real pain in the ass. Will using a sleeve anchor do the trick? Or perhaps a punch tool? I have to take these suckers out before sending out for powder coating.

 

[1sttimer]

Try finding the biggest drill bit you have and drill out the center sleeve. You could probably take a flathead screwdriver and pry the rest out. Or if you have a vise, get a spacer a littler smaller than the bushing and close up on it.

 

[hillsy]

Vice or a C clamp and a couple of suitably sized sockets should make a pretty good press.


A bit of WD40 should help them slip out a bit easier, too.

 

[edelweiss]

Thanks guys!

 

[cqyqte]

+1 on the press them out with two suitably sized sockets.... oh add heat, them babies will be fused in there but they will surrender!!! 8)

 

[teazer]

The hardest part to get out is the outer steel sleeve. When the center and rubber are removed. use a hacksaw to cut through the outer sleeve carefully and that will allow it to collapse and come out.

 

[o1marc]

Heat the bushing housing with a propane torch and they will come out easily with the correct size socket.

 

[SONICJK]

In the past in a pinch I have put a bolt through, put a nut on it smaller than the sleeve diameter and then pounded it out.
2 sockets and a vice work best though

 

[harrydahl]

Use a drill to remove most of the rubber, then press the inner tube out with a socket or tube. Then use a hacksaw, like Taezer suggested, to split the outer tube.

 

[Tremelune]

I tried all this shit. I had to resort to the hacksaw in the end. Know my joy.

To get the new ones in, I had to use a vice as a press. They would not fully center until I used a socket to escape the inner sleeve.

 

[crackerman]

Heat the bushing housing with a propane torch and they will come out easily with the correct size socket.

+1 on the correct size socket.

I just did these on my GS1000 swingarm. I put it the vice to hold it. Heated, put a large socket on the back side, and then find a socket that fits the outer piece of the bushing, but will go through. Key is to hit that outer part of the bushing.