If memory serves, there are some "Help" shock bushings that are
two peice to avoid your problem. Other then that, I would say a
hose clamp or other device that can squeeze equally around the
whole bushing diameter.

Tom

 

Put some grease on the ID of the shock. Then start the bushing into the shock. Mount the whole assy. in a bench vice and then I want to see you wiggle it... just a little bit. It will work it's way into the ridge of the bushing.

 

Lube and violence.

 

I fucked one of them up last night so it looks like I'll have to find something else anyway.

Thanks though.

 

I've done it twice. Once on rear swaybar endlinks (Nolathanes are 1-piece), once on lower shock eyes. In both cases, I started with the bushing at an angle and a flange part way into the eyelet. I then used a vise to start pressing the bushing into the eyelet. Once it was at a point where it wouldn't fall apart on me, I used a blunt tool to force the rest of the flange into the eyelet. Once all (or very close to it) of the first flange is in the eyelet, I continued pressing with the vise jaws. The flange inside the shell pops out as soon as the vise is released. Start with the flange dry and add a tiny amount of soap where the flange doesn't want to slide in on its own. Lots of lube on the whole bushing did not work for me as the flange didn't want to stay hooked into the eyelet. Pressing straight in did not work, either. I am nearly certain that they use something akin to a piston ring compressor in the factory.

 

I am nearly certain that they use something akin to a piston ring compressor in the factory.

Other then that, I would say a
hose clamp or other device that can squeeze equally around the
whole bushing diameter.

:woot:

Tom