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I recently did all four torque rod bushings on our 93. I did it the same way Rob did. Mine were pretty tough to get out. I drilled a hole through the rubber part between the inner and outer sleeve, then inserted a new saber say blade into the hole and used the saber saw to cut around the circumference in order to free the inner sleeve. Once the inner sleeve was out, I cut around the circumference of the outer sleeve again to clean out as much rubber as possible so that I could make the hack saw cut with good visibility. I had to make two hack saw cuts on each one before I could get the outer sleeve loose, but I finally got them out. I suggest making the hack saw cuts in a spot where there is plenty of metal under the cut. It's really easy to cut too deep when doing this, and I didn't want to weaken anything by removing metal from the torgue rod itself in a bad spot. I then cleaned out the holes in the rods and used a vice to press in the new bushings. All in all, it was a bit of a job. Mine were a bear to get out, and some work to get in, but I'd do it again because it was pretty satisfying. I imagine a similar approach would work for the track rod bushings.
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Thanks for all the help. DougC 1981 242, Turbo bars and wheels, M46............1993 245, B230 NA L-Block, M46, Turbo bars.
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