I'm wondering if this is possible to do. I'm trying to avoid a major disassembly of the front end.

While researching how to rebuild some of the front end on a 126, I saw a picture of a pitman arm puller being used to push the bushing out of the lower contol arm after the end had been cut off with a saw (see pics). Makes me wonder if the puller cold push in the new bushing (at least the core), and the rest of the job (press in the caps) with a tool like this:

Search Harbor Frieght for: ITEM 38335-0VGA

I have the spring compressor to remove the spring and take the tension of the lower control arm, but I don't have the special tool to pop the ball joint at the steering knuckle.

Do you think it can be done without removing the entire arm?

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