I don’t know why anyone would ever use a torch on the LCA bushings. It’s completely unnecessary in ALL cases, and it just makes a mess.
Even if you don’t have a press you can pry the LCA’s off of the pins using a pry bar between the LCA and K frame. If the bushings need to be replaced it will be VERY easy, even if they don’t need to be replaced it’s not that difficult. The rubber isn’t bonded to the shells at all. The bushings on my ‘71 GT were so bad when I got it one of the LCA’s literally fell off after I removed the torsion bar and strut rod.
If you do have a press you can press the pins out, it’s easier if the bushings are new but really you only need a press to maintain constant pressure to move the LCA off of the bushing- it’s not the force needed, it’s the constant pressure. Which is a why a pry bar works too.
Once the pins are out you can just peel the bushing out with a screwdriver or pick.
This is a brand new rubber LCA bushing I pulled out of a QA1 LCA to replace it with Delrin. I used a press only because I had one and the LCA’s weren’t mounted on the car yet (brand new, welding was for extra gussets). And the bushing peels out nice and clean.
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