My Street 289 build

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I’ve moved away from welding for a while so I can get suspension parts ready for mock-up. My car is using a 90s Thunderbird 8.8 IRS rear. I had planned on putting new polyurethane bushings in the knuckles, so I knocked that out this afternoon. Due to the shape of the knuckles, I couldn’t figure out how to fit a couple of the bushings on my press to remove them. I wound up going with the shade tree bearing press made out of all thread, exhaust couplers, and some readily available hardware. The best part of this was the fact that I could do it at the kitchen counter with a cocktail within arm’s reach. The old bushings came out pretty easily, and I’m glad I changed them, because the existing rubber bushings were totally shot.