Are Rancho bar pins bonded to bushing?

[tworley]

My front axle project requires the shocks to have a sleeve and bolt vs bar pins. I have ranchos on hand and went to press them out but they are not budging. Are the bar pins bonded to the bushing? If so, anyone know where I can get replacement bushings for a set of ranchos?

 

[Chris]

Sure seems like they are. I tried with vise grips and everything to get the bar pins out of the bushing on my Ranchos, and I finally just gave up.

Maybe they were just in there really, really good?

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Vise grips always loosened the Rancho bar pins for me, I never had any problems getting the bar pins repositioned.

 

[tworley]

Maybe I need to eat my spinach and try again. I was using a vice and socket without luck. Perhaps cutting one end of the bar pin will help

 

[BuildBreakRepeat]

Penetrating oil is a lifesaver on that

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Penetrating oil is a lifesaver on that

Maybe but I've never needed it.

 

[ranger101]

It wasn’t molded, machined or created as one piece so somebody had to assemble it. Lube her up and try a different method.

 

[jesseshoots]

No experience with the Rancho pins, but having pressed in plenty from other shocks it's just the luck of the draw if you get one that will press in/out with ease or needing an arbor press. If you're not re-using the bushings you could always try heating them first

 

[Sj's TJ]

Maybe I need to eat my spinach and try again. I was using a vice and socket without luck. Perhaps cutting one end of the bar pin will help

I cut one side of the pin off and used the vise/socket method to get mine out. Getting the new sleeve in was a task though. It never was perfect, but it worked. Of course I did this to flip the shock and went ahead blew them out since they don't work great upside down.

 

[tworley]

No experience with the Rancho pins, but having pressed in plenty from other shocks it's just the luck of the draw if you get one that will press in/out with ease or needing an arbor press. If you're not re-using the bushings you could always try heating them first

I'd like to try and save the bushing, it wont be the end of the world though if I damage it.

I cut one side of the pin off and used the vise/socket method to get mine out. Getting the new sleeve in was a task though. It never was perfect, but it worked. Of course I did this to flip the shock and went ahead blew them out since they don't work great upside down.

I'll try cutting one end and see what happens. The plan was to use the vise to squeeze the new sleeve in. These are going to be mounted in Artec spring perches.

 

[Sj's TJ]

I'll try cutting one end and see what happens. The plan was to use the vise to squeeze the new sleeve in. These are going to be mounted in Artec spring perches.

I used a vice to install the sleeve on both rear shocks and it was very difficult. I wonder if there is a way to expand that rubber or maybe shave down a bolt into a point and grease it all up to let it slide in. That might be the best option now that I think of it.

 

[jjvw]

I've never pressed the pins out on my 5000xes, but I'm pretty sure I can rotate the shock around the BP while it is installed with the top disconnected.

 

[chino1969]

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My front axle project requires the shocks to have a sleeve and bolt vs bar pins. I have ranchos on hand and went to press them out but they are not budging. Are the bar pins bonded to the bushing? If so, anyone know where I can get replacement bushings for a set of ranchos?

I had the same problem although I was removing sleeved bushings from Rancho 5000X shocks. Even using an arbor press, the bushing and sleeve did not separate and the bushing was destroyed. My only explanation is they were bonded.

 

[TreverStevens]

I had the same issue with my Bilstein's. Turns out those ones are bonded. Ended up having to use a ball joint press to get the entire bushing out, ordered an identical part, pressed the sleeves into the bushing then used the ball joint tool to push it all back in. A lot of work for some bar pin eliminators. But it all turned out fine in the end i guess.