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Originally Posted by Stretch
Oh sorry about that - I guess you managed to push the bolt upwards; mine was rusted onto the idler arm.
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No apology necessary -- I'd rather have the tool and not need it, than need it and not have it. It didn't cost me anything but a little gas to borrow it from the parts store. I'm fortunate in that my wagon has spent most of its life in the Pacific Northwest, and has very little rust underneath, so the bolt just slid right out.
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Indeed - you've just reminded me of that haunting dong dong dong of me bashing the crap out of my bushings with crossed fingers hoping that that little tube didn't shear off!
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One of my concerns when pressing the upper bushing out with the jack was that I could bend the support bracket for the idler arm out of line if I applied too much pressure. It's not very strong in that direction and I could actually see it flex a bit. That's why I heated the area to loosen the bushing, instead of just using brute force from the jack.