Removing Rubber Bushes from Radius Arms

mickt has a point. Always cut into the sleeve opposite the main section of the radius arm. As a variation on cutting through the rubber you can use a suitable sized hole saw..

Roger

I do not recommend the hacksaw or burning method as there is a risk of damage.

Since i last commented here, I saw a youtube video of someone using bits of steel pipe, pipe sockets, and a threaded rod thru and just pressed out by screwing.
It looked very easy as most tips on youtube do, but I cannot find the actual video now as usual.

Here is another one:

Nice beard

there is also the possibility of giving the rods to a garage and pay them for just the pressing work..

Getting the old ones is half of the job, if you don't have the proper tools not shore how you would do it i used a 12 ton capacity press and they let go with a bang, as previously said take the arms to a workshop will save a world of grief

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i've changed plenty of Metalastic bushes and the most reliable way to get them out is to use a press if you can. In some cases you can't, such as the Land Rover chassis bush, the only reliable option is to cut the rubber out with and appropriately sized long hole saw and carefully slit the remaining outer tube with a hacksaw.
I've tried the various home made bush pullers that make it look easy on YouTube as shown above, they all failed. I even made a bush puller out of high tensile M12 threaded rod and quality parts, it simply failed with a bigger bang.
Once they are out fit polybush or similar unless you have a press to push them back in.

I got quite good in the end, 6 minutes to remove a chassis bush.

Oooopss my apologies for putting my 2 pence in before reading the beginning were the procedure is explained

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Make a puller from an old scissor jack
I have witnessed one doing the job