I feel your pain.

I used a torch and got the rubber out of the inner sleeve and then used a sawzall to cut the sleeve. A porta power a chisel and more sawzalling got it out.

The new one installed just as tight.

I ended up using a flapper wheel on a drill to hone the inner sleeve on the frame out. Then I put the bushing in the deep freeze overnight and put some lubrication inside the frame sleeve and tried pressing the bushing in, no dice.

Put it back in the deep freeze while I honed the frame even more. This time I had the porta power on it while I was hitting the frame with a hammer. Every time I'd hit the frame the bushing would move about 1/16". So it was slow going but I got it in.

This is a job that the factory never intended a shade tree to do.

Joe

A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

98 Passport 33's, Supercharged, Calmini Bumper, rockbars, diff drops, Teralows, 4.77's, Aussie and ARB lockers, Safari snorkel, Optima red top.