I just lifted my Trooper 3" (Suspension) last month and the "forward" rear leaf spring bushings were pretty tough to get out.

I used a drill to destroy as much of the rubber that I could and then I set them on fire to both get rid of the remaining bushing material and to make the metal expand a tiny bit, this got rid of the inner sleeve as well. I then took two screwdrivers (one big flathead and a smaller #1 philips) and an awl and used them to seperate the outer sleeve from the spring. Basically I got enough of the edge of the outer sleeve to crush over to provide a surface to smack with my hammer. I was able to hammer out the old outer sleeve. Then I cleaned the spring eyes real good and used the provided grease and installed the new bushings.

Funny, it seems so much easier now... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />