IML: Front A-Arm Bushes

["Eric" <gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,
I think all the rubber suspension parts are available for your car. I've not 
yet done the procedure but I did just read in a stateside Mopar magazine 
listing a simple washer size as a way to remove the lower A arm bushes. It 
was stated that you go around the turned out end of the bush with a punch to 
help cave in the metal sleeve then use a washer and long bolt from the 
inside to press/pull it out. They are often noted as being rusted in and 
difficult to remove but the guy who wrote this instructional to the editor 
said this makes it a simple job. You could take your A-arm into a hardware 
store and find a suitable size washer to fit into the round hole, or take an 
inside measurement. My '64 has a bad driver's side bush and I think this is 
causing a pull to the left on my car.
For your suspension height issue, it sounds like a previous owner may have 
done a simple lowering of the front end. Get each front wheel off the ground 
and give the torsion bar adjusters a few turns. I bet it's as simple as 
that. I forget their size but the adjuster bolts are pretty large, I use a 
long tube over the end of my big crescent wrench as a levering aid. Easy 
job.

Eric
1964 Crown Coupe
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If one is cracked or heavily distorted, are they easy to change or do I need
a lot of special tools then? And even more important, are those bushes still
available? 



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