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I'm in the process of changing my torsion bars and thought I would replace the spring plate bushings. Can anyone tell me an easy way to get the old rubber spring plate bushings off?

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I wish I could tell you an easy way, but there isn't one(at least as far as I know). What I did was take a long skinny junk screwdriver and a MAPGAS torch, heat the screwdriver up and then slide it between the torsion bar carrier and the bushing. The hot metal would go right through the old rubber but it still only came off in relatively small chunks. When I got most off, I used a wire wheel and a drill to get the rest off. It took a long time and I was filthy dirty, but the new bushings should be worth it!

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Buy a 4" wide paint scraper. Heat the blade red hot and form it around a piece of tubing the same diameter as the inner part of the bushing. When the desired shape is formed, quench the scraper in cool water. You now have a bushing remover. Heat it up with a small butane torch and slide it between the bushing and the metal torsion bar carrier. With practice the bushings will be off in under 10 minutes. Greg F

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we just did one and here is the ticket ... get out the bbq grill get the coals going and throw the bushings on there . when they are well done there is no bushing left !

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Buy a 4" wide paint scraper. Heat the blade red hot and form it around a piece of tubing the same diameter as the inner part of the bushing. When the desired shape is formed, quench the scraper in cool water. You now have a bushing remover. Heat it up with a small butane torch and slide it between the bushing and the metal torsion bar carrier. With practice the bushings will be off in under 10 minutes. Greg F

 

GREG THAT IS COOL... Great Idea.. too bad you told me 6 years too late.

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But just in time for me!!!! That's the only thing I have left to do when I get the car back from the cage shop next week. Greg you do have way too much knowledge about these cars.

 

Has anyone ever tried a flamethrower?

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Recently did mine and I heated a utility knife with a torch, made a transverse cut through to the metal and used a large flat head screwdriver to pry off adhered rubber. After that, a little heat from the torch to cook the residual rubber was all it took, along with a wire brush.

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We just did these on my car at VFC-Engeering in Chicago. We used a air chisel and chiseled off the rubber and then we set it on fire with a blue wrench and burned off the remainder. It worked very well and was very fast.

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