what is the typical labor costs for bushing replacement?

what bushings? and are you taking the part off the car? Shouldn't be very much if you just bring in the part removed from the car.

If you lived close by, I would just say swing by and I would press them out for you.

i was thinking about getting the energy suspension hyper flex master set for 140. i guess i could just take them off and bring em to a shop...but, not too familiar with this cars suspension yet. i will need to study.

If your talking about replaceing the bushings on your suspension arms then, BE-CAREFUL! The arms are easily dammaged if not done properly. I took mine to a garage to have them pressed and the guy wouldn't touch them. He said if he tried to press out the old bushing he couldn't guarantee that the arm wouldn't get dammaged in the process. The material around the bushing case is thin and could bend with too much force. I'm glad the guy was honest enough to tell me this.

One way to remove the bushing is to cut it out with a hack saw. Disassemble the saw and run the blade through the center of the old bushing. Cut through the inner sleeve in two places about 1/2 inch appart. With a screw driver separate the 1/2 piece of the inner sleeve AND the rubber, from the outer sleeve. (You can also burn the rubber out if you have a torch.) This will give you plenty of room to cut out the outer sleeve. Run the hack saw through again and start cutting. Be careful and make sure you cut in a parallel motion to the bushing. This way you won't cut through the bushing case. When I did mine I cut to within about 1/64" of cutting completely through and then used a screwdriver to bend a corner of the outer bushing and hammered it out the rest of the way.

When you go to insert the new bushings clean the case with a wire brush or some sand paper. Then before assembly lube the case and the bushing with either some bearing grease or anti-seize.

Assembly is a different story and requires a bench vise.

I agree with everything Ed said. If you insist on pressing the bushings out be very careful. I took my front control arms into my shop. Got some tubing with the proper dimensions to support the sleeve that the inner bushing is pressed into. With that sleeve supported securely I then used a proper sized drift to press the bushing out with my 50 ton press. Let me tell you, those old bushings put up a fight coming out!! I havent heard that kind of squealing since I saw two cats fighting once. One bushing was really stuck good till about 3/4 of the way out, then it came out surprisingly easy. I have used the old hack saw method before, but if you support the work and dont rush the job a press comes in really handy.

FWIW,

Chris

P.S.-- Answer to original question, my shop gets $67.00 per hour labor. I would say if you took all the parts into a shop, they out to press the old stuff out in less than two hours.

Since it involves removing the spindle pins from the rear suspension, one meelion dollarz.