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Hi Gene - I tackled this about a year ago and though i'd share my idea with you. I went down to a hardware store and bought a black iron pipe nipple that was the approximate diameter of the spring and slightly larger diameter than the bushing. Also bought a piece of all-thread rod, a few nuts, and a collection of various diameter washers (get the thick plate ones, not thin ones, as they will distort - basically cup - as you retract the old bushing.) I then sprayed some wd-40 on the old bushing, inserted the all-thread thru this one as well as the new one, backed up the new one with the washers and a couple of nuts (2 nuts so you can tighten them together to prevent turning) and put the nipple on the opposite side of the old bushing, put a few washers on top of that and then finally one nut. Then I put a box end wrench on it and started drawing the old bushing out and the new one in by tightening the nut. - works well and i had just about used up my patience before this. Beats having to remove the springs entirely from the car.

good luck

lyle
 
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