here's my problem... trying to press in bushings in control arms for my truck project... control arms and cross arms are all powder coated and pretty and I don't want to destroy this $$$ finish... I used a black pipe push sleeve over the bushing and the control arm sat on a padded block... worked good on open ended control arms (with no cross arm)
pics are below of my little H.F. pusher and a pic of the control arm with the cross arm in... because of the way the press is made I can't get the control arm centered in the press because the cross arm is in the way...
the anvil on the press is two pieces of channel iron welded together and pinned in place ... since the cross arm has to be in the control arm before I press the top bushing in... the anvil won't let me get the control arm in place to press...
the only solution I can see is to cannibalize the anvil... cut it apart ... put on the back channel then insert the control arm with the crossarm... then put on the front channel and use bolts/nuts instead of removable pins to hold it all in place...lot of trouble but doable.
also in this situation I can't press flat against a block but only have the edge of the bore (about 1/8") to press against to seat the bushing... I envision making a collar from another section of black pipe to put under the control arm with a section removed to get the cross arm in place AND with padding... all this will be held up by two press blocks that sit on the anvil.... then put the top press sleeve on top and push the bushing in...
so its the control arm sitting on a split sleeve (for the cross arm to go into) sitting on two press blocks sitting on the cannabilized anvil... and the top press sleeve pushing on the bushing...
dang ... sounds complicated but I think it will work... now give me your easy way using what I got to work with... remembering it has to stay pretty...
thanks
John
pics are below of my little H.F. pusher and a pic of the control arm with the cross arm in... because of the way the press is made I can't get the control arm centered in the press because the cross arm is in the way...
the anvil on the press is two pieces of channel iron welded together and pinned in place ... since the cross arm has to be in the control arm before I press the top bushing in... the anvil won't let me get the control arm in place to press...
the only solution I can see is to cannibalize the anvil... cut it apart ... put on the back channel then insert the control arm with the crossarm... then put on the front channel and use bolts/nuts instead of removable pins to hold it all in place...lot of trouble but doable.
also in this situation I can't press flat against a block but only have the edge of the bore (about 1/8") to press against to seat the bushing... I envision making a collar from another section of black pipe to put under the control arm with a section removed to get the cross arm in place AND with padding... all this will be held up by two press blocks that sit on the anvil.... then put the top press sleeve on top and push the bushing in...
so its the control arm sitting on a split sleeve (for the cross arm to go into) sitting on two press blocks sitting on the cannabilized anvil... and the top press sleeve pushing on the bushing...
dang ... sounds complicated but I think it will work... now give me your easy way using what I got to work with... remembering it has to stay pretty...
thanks
John