Yours and mine didn't come apart the same.. mine were original from 62 and sat since 78... nothing was just peeling out, it was a battle and i didn't just make it harder for no reason....
Suit yourself, I’ve pulled apart many sets of LCA’s at this point and have no problem at all saying the torch is 100% unnecessary. New bushings, old bushings, using a torch on those bushings in particular just makes your life more difficult, I promise. But hey, if you want to do it the hard way knock yourself out.