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Originally Posted by grivera
So the rubber bearing shells remain in good shape enough to put the poly bearings in place?
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Almost always. And if the outer shells are good, there's no reason to press them out of the control arm.
I've seen very few bushings that were worn so bad the outer shell had to be replaced. It can happen, though. Generally a matter of the rubber is GONE, so the inner steel sleeve is banging against the outer steel shell. I suppose there could be massive corrosion that would make the shells unusable, but I've never actually seen that.
My K1500 had the inner sleeves corroded to death, but the outer shells were fine.