Are these front lower control arm bushings bad?

[4Runner4Leon]

Yea, I used Timmy's bottlejack effort. It helped some but the metal sleeve that houses the rubber bushing was seized badly. Even a hydraulic press could not get the bushing out. That's when I went with an air chisel. I carved up the LCA pretty good in the process.

Yikes, doesn't sound like fun at all. We're probably spoiled here with our CA trucks.

 

[Andy in Pa]

One thing I want to mention in this thread is, you can buy the factory LCA's with the bushings installed already. When I was looking at doing this job, I did not like the look of my LCA's anyway, so just bought whole new ones. Get a set of bolts with the cams as well while your at it, and the new lower ball joint too.

HUGE time saved NOT having to remove the old bushings. It was done one over a weekend. My old LCA's were STILL a nightmare to get out. That alone took me 3-4 hours.