JTeeAre

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I called a local high performance shop and asked for a quote on changing both bushings on a pair of LCA's.
Told the guy I had new LCA's and new bushings so it is a given the car won't needto be touched just the pieces I bought.

He told me around $212 since it'll be around 2 hours of work, now does it really take 2 hours to change 4 bushings on arms that are not on a car?

Either he misunderstood and thought the arms had to be removed or i'm really clueless when it comes to changing bushings.

travlee

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you have to press them in and out... and he prob did misunderstand you

JTeeAre

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I know the old ones have to be pressed out and the new ones pressed in with a shop press, the only reason im looking for a shop to do it.

I didn't realize it could actually take 2 hours, that means 15 minutes to press out and 15 minutes to press in? Repeated 4 times makes it 2 hours, is it really that tedious?

travlee

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no.... he prob thinks they are still on car

JTeeAre

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So can you give a rough idea of how long it should take to just change the bushings?
Or is that out of your knowledge?

I told him I had new arms and bought new bushings to change them before I put them on the car, don't see how he misunderstood?

travlee

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if they are off i would say 45 min to hour very very tops (but prob less). where in tx are you?

JTeeAre

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So my judgment isn't that bad then, what made it even worse is I asked a buddy who works at Ford what I asked here and he didn't disagree with the quote nor time estimated.

San Antonio, there's a local shop here called R&N Garage that specializes in the Z series i'm going to give them a call tomorrow and be very specific see what they tell me.

guitman32

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One hour plus tax would be fair off the car. If he thinks they are still on the car, two shop hours is quite reasonable.

travlee

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hit up Jason z-ya on here, he is in SA. he might know where to point ya, or maybe you could talk him into it

jhc

For that you cost you could buy a great bench vice w money leftover for beer.

travlee

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this would work

http://www.harborfreight.com/6-ton-a...ress-1666.html

jhc

Exactly. Good call T-Rav.

JTeeAre

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Time it would take if they were on the car is not what i'm looking for since I have completely new arms and bushings off the car.
Just want the new whiteline bushings on the lca's before I put them on.

Alright sounds good, thanks.

Yeah two things that are slightly off about that, I'm not paying $212 for that ever, and I don't drink lol.

I considered a press from harbor freight to get this done but for now this is the only time I'll see myself using it. I plan on changing the differential bushings but a press obviously doesn't fit down there haha.

I'd rather have someone else just change the bushings I'll put on the LCA's.

travlee

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for the ears you would use a press, or hammer the hell out of them like i did

JTeeAre

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There's actually a DIY floating around where a guy makes a custom "press socket" you could call it, uses a strong screw a bolt, socket, ratchet, does all this fancy hoopla and seemed pretty useful.

travlee

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not gonna lie, the diff was a pain. when my lower inners went out, my extended warranty covered it. if it wouldn't have i would have pressed in new ones

JTeeAre

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Yeah, I've read the same thing often all over haha.
But it can be done without a press so I'm sure I can do it.

JasonZ-YA

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Hit me up, bring them over to my house and well knock it out, talk Z talk and be done in a jiffy...

i require freebirds for payment...bring one too, it will be weird eating one on my own....

-J

travlee

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i will expect a burrito also since i sent ya in right direction. hope you and the family are good jason!

JasonZ-YA

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all good man! all good!