trailing arm bushings, How to remove? Options

[Qarl]

Okay... I spent the weekend disassembly the rear suspension.

Oh yeah, my suspension was all off the car.

F-ING CASTELATED NUTS!!!!! It took quite a few sessions with a propane torch and a high-torque impact wrench on max setting to remove each one.

It's real fun removing this nut without the car mounted to anything. The hub and axle just rotate away!!!

I ended up placing the hub (still mounted on the trailing arm with the axle attached into a vise on my bench). I tried removing it with a socket extension and 24" breaker bar. No such luck. The heat and impact wrench worked after many repeated attempts. My teeth are sore from clamping down.

Okay.. so now I just have to remove the hub and bearings. No problem.

What about the bushings? I plan on installing Muellers needle bearings in the rear, but I have no idea how to get the old stuff out.

Any advice?

[fiid]

Heres how I did it:

Get the trailing arm on a bench with the buskings in vertical orientation and dso they are haning off the edge of said bench. Have a helper hold the hub end of something.

Take a blow torch. Light it, and get it running extremely hot. Heat the bushing tube at both ends. You have things close to hot enough when the busing flashes and catches fire. Then hit the threaded bar (sticking out of the bushings) with a plastic mallet or a hammer (protect the threads with a bit of wood). Repeat until the bar drops out. You should then be able to take a bar or something and hammer the two busings out from the opposite sides.

This method stinks like a mo-fo, but it does work. Don't be afraid of the rubber cathing fire - it really doesn't burn very well.

Take all the usual precautions you should take when using a blow torch.

Fiid.