i find the torch a relaxing way. it has a bad smell and is toxic to breath in
First you have to jack the car take off the wheel then remove the brake caliper then remove the sway bar bushing ,then remove the lower ball joint from the shock then remove the bolt that holds the lower control arm in . one towards the front and one towards the back . then remove the control arm . press out the old bushing and press in a new one then revers the procedure.
Saturn S series vehicles do not use a Strut arm... nor do they have a Strut arm bushing. I'm assuming your referring to the sway bar bushing in the center of the lower control arm. This bushing is not serviceable alone, the replacement of the entire lower control arm is needed if the bushing has failed.
First you jack up the side of the car you want to replace the control arm bushings and support it with jack stands. Remove the wheel. Remove the stabilizer bar to control arm nut and bolt. Remove the balljoint clamp bolt and nut from the steering knuckle. Remove the bolt and washer front the control arm front pivot. Unbolt the control arm rear bushing retaining strap. Remove the control arm from the car. Once the control arm is off the car you can replace the bushings in it.
The lower control arm bushing would be located at the inner pivot point where the lower control arm is mounted to the frame/crossmember. Depending on your vehicle it could have one or two bushings. The outer pivot point would be your lower ball joint.
probably or there part of the same piece ....normally there's multiple bushings on a lower control arm ...i guess it just depends on the vehicle and its probably easier to replace the whole arm rather then individual bushings.
remove everything in order to get the arm ready to come off,remove tire, calpier assy, shock, sway bar, knock lower arm loose loose from spindle, vehicle jacked up of course, lower arm ,remove two bolts where control arm is mounted to frame, hammer and cold chicel to remove bushings, revser of it put back all you have taken loose.
They are not if you have a press...
You must replace the entire control arm assembly with the ball joint included.
no you do not have to remove the strut just take the lower control arm lose.
You have to remove the lower or upper control arm (what bushings are bad), using wrenches and a pickel fork to separate the ball joints. You then take the arm to a hydraulic press and press out the old ones and install the new ones. Reverse assembly.
the lower control arms on a 1998 Malibu , are as follows the control arms to frame (front bushing) 45 ftlbs and (rear bushing) is 74 ftlbs....this is strait from gm service
burn rubber out and cut shell out of the arm bushing holefreeze new bushing in freezergrease hole welltap or press new bushing into arm bushing hole