Originally Posted by bcredliner (Post 1135049)

I think it is good to put a dollar value per hour on ones time and also the vehicle downtime associated with repairing a part verses the cost of a new complete part.

Originally Posted by TiminIndy (Post 1135217)

I got the control arms back from Car-X. He charged me $20 each to press them. I pulled out my card and he said, 'oh, I guess I'll need to write up a ticket, unless you have cash'. I got the hint there and told him I would run to the ATM and get cash.

So Meyle HD bushings were about $25 and Meyle HD control arms were $105, which means I saved about $120 by doing it this way. Since I saved the control arms from the first time I replaced them, I had no down time for the vehicle. It was worth my time...

Originally Posted by RFaber (Post 1135030)

Ive used a vice, and a few different diameter pipes to 'press' out a bushing, worst case is you have to 'cut' the old one out with a reciprocating saw etc and then use some anti-seize to lube the new one as you press it in!
I have since bought a press, and I do the job frequently on lots of diffferent cars. I have the Meyle HD ones in my X5, mine has about 100k km on the 'new' bushings with no complaints! (total of about 330,000km on the odometer!)
:cool:
anything is possible with the right tools, or improvisations of such! :)

Originally Posted by Bmwe5320023.0 (Post 1183364)

How wide was the vise?
I'm trying to do this job and the bushing press ended up being too short (OTC 7249)
Where did you get the right size pipe? It's gotta be 66mm
I bought a whole bushing set and it ends with 65mm
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01443Z21A/..._VY4UEb9ZWRKP2
So annoying lol