LCA bushing fear

I’m not sure what AJ is talking about for any of this.

The rubber of that bushing is completely degraded, it would last all of tens of miles and all the work to install the LCA would have to be immediately repeated.

A torch is also not necessary in any way, burning out the bushings just makes a mess an in this case when you press the pin out you can just peel the entire bushing out. They are a friction fit, so, once the pin is removed the bushing isn’d really held in by anything- they are not bonded to the metal sleeve at all.

A press will be needed for sure, any additional stuff will depend on what you decide to do for bushings and if you need to remove the sleeve. For a lot of poly bushings the sleeves can be left in place. If you’re removing the sleeve there are several methods- you can try splitting it with a chisel and then pressing or prying it out, you can weld a washer to the sleeve and press it out, or you can buy a tap that will thread into the sleeve and press it out that way. The latter is by far the easiest, although it does require buying a tap.