Or do I need to get a stonger press?

Sorry that this isn't really on-topic, but it's for my track car

 

My 12-ton press struggled with a couple bushings. I wouldn't want to use anything smaller. It may still be possible though.

 

I just pressed hubs and bearings out with my 12 ton....No problem at all, but I have heard that some of the bushings can be a PITA.

 

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I just sacked up and bought the 20-ton. So far is has moved everything I have put in front of it without hesitation. Sometimes overkill is good and the price difference wasn't much at all.

 

We use a 20 tonne here at work, and quite often it is still a bit of a strugle to get out bushings and front wheel bearings. Although, I am working on 15 year old cars that have been running around in the slush and salt crap that we get here. Some of you may know what I am talking about, the kind of crap that seizes suspension bolts in cars only two years old....

 

some susp. bushings (in the lca's most likely) might give you a problem with only a 6 ton.
but... those lca bushings... those you can push the inner sleeve out of the rubber, then cut thru the outer metal sleeve with a hacksaw, then tp it out with a hmmer and a punch or any chunk'o metal.

the bearings and balljoints, etc should be okay with a 6 ton.

make sure you support the bearings outer race and inner race when you press them in so they dont move round relative to each other and so you dont crush the soft-metal piece in between them!