Compression rod sleeve removal

[Ptero]

I'm redoing my compression rod bushings but the sleeve on the end seems to be seized onto the rod. Does anyone have any suggestions for removing it?

[beermanpete]

If you mean the connection rod and wrist pin, the pins are a press fit with the rod. A press and suitable tooling are needed to remove them. You should take them to a suitable service shop for removal if you do not have the necessary tools.

[Captain Obvious]

I'm redoing my compression rod bushings but the sleeve on the end seems to be seized onto the rod. Does anyone have any suggestions for removing it?

I'm guessing that you're talking about the tension/compression rod bushings in the front suspension and the sleeve that fits over the threads on the T/C rod...

If that's the case, you should be able to hold it in a vice while you twist the T/C rod out of the sleeve? Might not work because the sleeve is pretty thin and if you squeeze it, it might ovalize and clamp down on the threads.

Other ideas?

Hit the shoulder of the sleeve with a hammer and chisel or screwdriver? Drive it off a little at a time?

Cut it off with a hacksaw? Be careful not to get into the threads on the rod.

Try some heat on the sleeve in conjunction with the above?

[Captain_Zeros]

I didn't have to remove the sleeve, but had to remove an aluminum cup from an old worn out ball & socket track upgrade kit. I soaked it in penetrating lube, adjusted my vice a hair over the diameter of the t/c rod and a under the diameter of the cup I was removing so I could put the cup on top of the jaws and tap the t/c rod out of it downwards. One came out easy, the other I had to heat with a torch to get it to come off (propane was enough, I didn't have anything fancier, but then again aluminum in my situation), then it came off without too much hassle.

[beermanpete]

:stupid: Ooops. I forgot that comression rod is the proper name for a part in the front suspension.

[Ptero]

I'm guessing that you're talking about the tension/compression rod bushings in the front suspension and the sleeve that fits over the threads on the T/C rod...

If that's the case, you should be able to hold it in a vice while you twist the T/C rod out of the sleeve? Might not work because the sleeve is pretty thin and if you squeeze it, it might ovalize and clamp down on the threads.

Other ideas?

Hit the shoulder of the sleeve with a hammer and chisel or screwdriver? Drive it off a little at a time?

Cut it off with a hacksaw? Be careful not to get into the threads on the rod.

Try some heat on the sleeve in conjunction with the above?

Got one with a chisel and hammer but the other was stubborn. I gave it to a local machine shop to remove. Most likely with heat which I don't have access to.

[Captain Obvious]

Got one with a chisel and hammer but the other was stubborn. I gave it to a local machine shop to remove. Most likely with heat which I don't have access to.

Ouch! Those sleeves must have really been rusted in place.

Kinda makes me wonder if they were that stuck, then what is the condition of the rod portions that were under the sleeves? Are they so rusty that the diameter has been reduced?

[Mikes Z car]

When I put the sleeves back on my car I put a light coating of grease on the rod they slip over and on the sleeve itself where the wear mark was in the middle where it goes through the hole being careful not to get any where rubber might come into contact with it. I don't know if there would be a reason for this to be a bad idea but there might be one.