Hi folks,
My car mechanic is reluctant to press the big bushing out of the front curved lower arm on my cat claiming the procedure may distort the aluminum part.
Are the bushings so difficult to replace?
What kind of tools are necessary for this?

If I end up finding somebody to press these out and the new ones in, how many hours of labor charge is reasonable for the job?

I'm trying to weigh the cost of bushings plus labor as opposed to the cost of a new or remanufactured part.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Pressing them out shouldn't take long at all, it's getting the arm off that will take longer. The pressing out and in should be minutes.

I've only done it on a Jeep before now, without the correct tools and it took nearly half an hour.

 

Should be no more than 10 bucks! Here in az I was charged 25 to press the large wishbone, Lowe arm large ans small. Upper arm bushings!

 

Thanks, guys.
That's encouraging.
In my wanderings on-line, I came across bushings made by URO. They are inexpensive.
Does anyone here know if URO is good quality?

 

URO - no. Everyone's regretted using them.

Pressing the bush out/in can ruin the arm so is a risk and that's why he didn't want to do it.

 

Thanks.
Now my mechanic is willing to try it.
I found a bushing made by MTC.

Is MTC better than URO?

 

I found an answer to my question on Bimmerforums and other places. MTC is not very good.
I'm getting Lemforder again.

 

I think your smart because we have been told Lemforder is part of ZF and is an OEM supplier.
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That bushing is not hard to do. My buddy did the big bushing on a 06 S we flipped. Easy job. Definitely get the Lemforder (sp?) as they are the original manufacturer for many of the suspension pieces on our cars.

 

Stay away from URO parts... no good...