Dearest 72blu and blow,
I won't be reading your treatise that appears to be as long as "War and Peace". I guess you wasted your time that would have been better spent working on your car. Go do that instead of being a winey B.
Nothing wrong with my car bud, no need to work on it right now.
Sorry if my answer wasn't at your level of comprehension. I'll make it simple- bent UCA bad. Use the right tools and stupid things don't happen. A press for a UCA bushing is totally unnecessary, you can make a better tool and do it right for less than $20 and pretty much have zero risk of damaging your 50 year old rusty UCA. But of course, you have to understand what you're trying to accomplish to make that work.