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    rubber eating chemical?

    Are there any chemicals that will eat away rubber, but not harm metal? Since I'm unable to burn out the suspension bushings due to my location, I'm looking for other options.
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    power steering fluid, look what it does to the swaybar bushings.....

    Using a drill bit, drill into the rubber, the reverse around the inside of the shell. That will usually tear it up so you can get the removal started
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      why cant you burn them??? apartment rules? lol... actually you may be able to heat them up enough without making them burn to just push them out... one of mine started bubbling and had halfway popped itself out before it caught big flame...
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        drill, maybe with a hole saw. to cut through from each side. Should get a pretty good amount of the bushing seperated from the shell before it bottoms out.
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          I thought WD-40 ate up rubber a bit, that might help.
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            You don't have a bench vice around? Its a bitch but they'll come eventually.
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              Originally posted by 86GmLsCoupe View Post
              I thought WD-40 ate up rubber a bit, that might help.
              It does, I used it on my control arm bushings, combined with a 4" hunting knife, worked good.

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                Acetone will eat through plastic, and I think it might break down the rubber as well.

                Maybe acid would work too; just have to be careful.
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                  Originally posted by MeLikeyStripperChicks View Post
                  It does, I used it on my control arm bushings, combined with a 4" hunting knife, worked good.
                  I thought so, I'm pretty sure I heard from you and it worked well for me.
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                    Originally posted by P72Ford View Post
                    Acetone will eat through plastic, and I think it might break down the rubber as well.

                    Maybe acid would work too; just have to be careful.
                    acid would eat the metal before the rubber.

                    we have used a drill method like gadget mentioned. swiss cheese the bushing and dig the chunks out with a screwdriver.
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                      Originally posted by DuceAnAHalf View Post
                      acid would eat the metal before the rubber.
                      Acid has to be fairly concentrated to eat away at metal though (or the metal has to be exposed for a long duration of time, which may be the case in this instance). I wouldn't try anything that corrosive.

                      Acid would be my last choice, as there are other remedies that would probably be much safer and effective.
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                        Originally posted by P72Ford View Post
                        Acid has to be fairly concentrated to eat away at metal though (or the metal has to be exposed for a long duration of time, which may be the case in this instance). I wouldn't try anything that corrosive.

                        Acid would be my last choice, as there are other remedies that would probably be much safer and effective.
                        well you wear rubber gloves to protect you while your working with acid, so i would not even bother with it. you would be better off with a solvent like MEK
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                          ky eats rubber

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                            Nitric acid eats rubber like no one's business, but I think it will eat the steel as well. I'll ask my chemistry professor.
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                              Originally posted by Tiggie View Post
                              Nitric acid eats rubber like no one's business, but I think it will eat the steel as well. I'll ask my chemistry professor.
                              just make sure there is no glycerin around.

                              after wards you can add the nitric acid to all sorts of stuff to make explosives
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