Upper control arm bushings are a PITA!!!!!!

[Bob Barker]

Are they burnable? I've had to burn/melt some bushings out before in another vehicle... maybe if you don't want to take the control arm out and don't want to put a flame into the wheel well you could get an industrial heat gun and kinda melt them, or at least soften them to a slippery point?

[Ascinder]

Sorry if I missed this, but was your bushing shot Billy or are you finally going for the SAS option? I wish I remembered how I got mine out.

[Triathlete]

The bushing is toast. The bushing is a metal sleeve, rubber and a metal outter shell. The rubber part was 70% gone. I have the sleeve out, just need to get the shell out.11 years and 140,000 miles have it stuck pretty good. Going to get started on it as soon as I refueling the body from my morning run.
Bob B...everything that is burnable is gone. I have speedy took a torch to it to see if the heat would loosen things up...did nothing.