Lower front control arm rubber stops

[frostpinfold]

I have fitted new king pins. The rubber stops for the lower control arms were badly damaged so I removed them. I have new rubber stops but cant fit them, they wont enter the housings on the arm.
Does anyone have a tip as to how to get them into the housing. They are about 0.100 inches diameter bigger than the housing

Rob

[Duncan200]

Hi Rob,

I used a bit of rubber grease and brute force.

I found getting the old ones out more difficult, compressed air is your friend when wanting to remove them.

If it’s a bit rusty in the holes, I suggest cleaning it up with a wire brush/wet & dry and giving it a coat of primer and satin black.

Doug

[TJMart]

I have fitted new king pins. The rubber stops for the lower control arms were badly damaged so I removed them. I have new rubber stops but cant fit them, they wont enter the housings on the arm.
Does anyone have a tip as to how to get them into the housing. They are about 0.100 inches diameter bigger than the housing

Rob

Rob, I assume you are talking about the bullet shaped hard rubber stops. I used a product called P-80 Emulsion. Use it sparingly on the lower part of the stop. I used a flat molding pry bar. The trick is to apply down word pressure equally on the top point of the stop because they fit very tightly. Once you get equal pressure they will slide right in. The P-80 dries so the stop is secure.

[afibbe]

I had power coated my lower arms and my space for the rubber stops got even smaller. I used some lubricant and a bar clamp. I would squeeze the clamp as much as I could and wiggled it back and forth.  Then released the clamp and started again.  Millimeter by millimeter it worked its way in.