Hey,
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I assumed the springs had to be removed. You seem to be suggesting the control arms can be removed after just compressing the springs?
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That's exactly what I'm suggesting.
If your replacing the LCA bushings then you have to take the force of the spring off the LCA to remove it. That doesn't necessarily mean the spring has to come out. As soon as the force of the spring is off the LCA your good to go. you would want to tie it up somehow to keep it from dropping out.
If I remember correctly you have to compress a minimum of 8 rings to be able to remove the spring.
The autozone press will not remove the joint, it will only press the new one in. You need a drift and a sledge hammer to remove the old joint. My drift was a 11/4" socket if I remember correctly. 3 or 4 blows and it came right out.
Here's some results of a quick search I did:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/search.php?searchid=722704
Danny