help with stuck caster bushings

[Harley]

yesterday did not go well...the special fork i bought did not remove the camber bushings and i resorted to cutting one of the lips off of the bushing and now im drilling it out! slow going as i dont want to damage anything...what a day! anybody have any ideas for when i get to the other side???

 

[4.0B2]

heat... lots of it.

 

[4.0B2]

spray it with something like PB.. or mix up some trans fluid and acetone and keep it wet from now till you're ready to try it.

 

[Harley]

Will a little propane torch work?

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[4.0B2]

better than nothing... but it'll take longer..
I use my oxy/ace torch.

 

[Doofy]

Try Mapp gas, instead of propane. It is a mixture of acetylene and propane and gets much hotter.

 

[Harley]

Never heard of that...where do you get it?

 

[Doofy]

Any hardware store that sells the burnzamatic torch or the small propane bottles for them.

 

[Doofy]

I don't remember if the torch heads are the same or if the bottles interchange. Mapp gas has a 5300° flame and propane about 2300°.

 

[Jsommers]

Just pull the bolt out and pound a chisel in to spread it apart an spray it with pb blaster. The big channel locks and try and turn them and pull up at the same time

 

[Harley]

Just pull the bolt out and pound a chisel in to spread it apart an spray it with pb blaster. The big channel locks and try and turn them and pull up at the same time

Isn't the bolt part of the ball joint?

 

[Jsommers]

Mine has a pinch bolt that pulls the two parts of he beam together and pinches the camber bushing and the balljoint is in the center of the camber bushing.

 

[4.0B2]

Mine has a pinch bolt that pulls the two parts of he beam together and pinches the camber bushing and the balljoint is in the center of the camber bushing.

they all do...

 

[Jsommers]

Well then no. The pinch bolt is not part of the balljoint.

 

[Harley]

 

[Harley]

Got one out...I don't have a pinch bolt unless your talking about the top nut

 

[Harley]

they all do...

well...sorta...the 28 doesnt...which is why i was confused(common for me..lol)

 

[4.0B2]

I'm pretty sure my D28 had a pinch bolt.... post a pic or 2 of it.

 

[Harley]

Checked again and no pinch bolt...hands were too greasy to take a pic...

 

[PetesPonies]

I have removed a lot of bushings by burning them out. It makes a smokey mess, so make sure you are outside. But once the bushing is out, you just drop it in a bucket to stop the burning. Easy.