Need help

Doing the rear shock seat bushing, pretty much burned the old MF out... now have the ES polyurethane ones... thing is the diameter is too big for the opening.
but
there's also a metal looking sleeve in the control arm... but it doesn't look like it wants to move anywhere, but if it was removed the new bushing would fit right in...



so do i need to force fit the bushing in there or remove the old metal sleeve?

i know not many people have personally done this but someone ough to know. thanks

 

The metal sleeve must be removed. You could use a reciporcating saw with a metal blade and cut into the sleeve, but not the control arm. Once you get most of the way through the sleeve you can take chisel and hammer and start to rip the sleeve down along the cut. Then grab it with a pair of vise grips and spin it and it will fold into itself and come right out.