Track bar metal sleeve stuck help

DropTopDon · Sep 30, 2022

Rebuilding the bushings in my track bar and on the passenger side the bushing pushed out of the metal sleeve instead of coming out as a whole. Anyone have any advice on how to get this metal sleeve piece out?

Bushing on left was pressed out, and bushing on right is supposed to press in

ranger101 · Sep 30, 2022

Do you have a welder?

kincaid.0678 · Sep 30, 2022

I used a sawzall on mine. Just enough to cut the sleeve and then it will come out easily. Just did it two days ago matter of fact

kincaid.0678 · Sep 30, 2022

I tried pressing it out with a ball joint press but wasn’t having any luck so I cut that bastard out lol

DropTopDon · Sep 30, 2022

ranger101 said:
Do you have a welder?

No and I can’t weld even if I did. I really need to make friends with a welder

DropTopDon · Sep 30, 2022

kincaid.0678 said:
I used a sawzall on mine. Just enough to cut the sleeve and then it will come out easily. Just did it two days ago matter of fact

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So you just cut it from the inside with a sawzall and it came out?

jjvw · Sep 30, 2022

DropTopDon said:
So you just cut it from the inside with a sawzall and it came out?

Score it with the sawzall. Then use a punch and a hammer to collapse the bushing shell.

kincaid.0678 · Sep 30, 2022

Yes exactly. The first end popped right out with the action of the sawzall like a slide hammer, the second one I had to knockout with a hammer and screwdriver once the cut was made but still easy enough

DropTopDon said:
So you just cut it from the inside with a sawzall and it came out?

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