I took my lower and upper A-arms into the auto shop at the local community college to have old bushings and balljoints pressed out, along with new ones pressed in. They got the lower ones done fine, but ran out of time for one of the uppers. They did do one upper, but when i got it back the cross shaft was out of the A-arm...How did they manage to get it out? the area around the mounting holes on the shafts seem too big to fit in...Is this a problem? I am going to bring them back to the shop to have them finish the uppers, but in the mean time am curious as to whether this is the right way for them to have done this.
Thanks for any help! graemlins/beers.gif

I am going to make the assumption that they took the bushings out of the arm that the cross shaft is out of. Without bushings the resultant holes will look way to big for the cross shaft. Put bushings back in and all will look proper. Of course the cross shaft has to be in place as the last bushing is pressed into place or it won't go in at all.

When you take one bushing out you can push the cross shaft further into the other bushing letting you slip the other end of the cross shaft out of the hole in the a-arm.

You can't just pull it out the hole,you have to push it to one side then drop it out the other.

Kinda like getting the TP roll off the little roller thing when its a full roll :D

Wow, thanks for the replys, ya they gave me the A-arm back, the shaft was out with the bushings on it, i knew they could come off, but never took them off to notice i could fit the shaft in that easy. Thanks again! graemlins/beers.gif