Progressive Bushing sleeve problem

[westsidevalk]

I recently inserted the metal sleeve that goes inside the lower shock bushing for my 99 Tourer.

I used a C clamp to fit it, it seemed okay but I cant get the shock to slide into the lower mount. Not sure why.
It fits almost in but its too wide. I wonder if the metal sleeve is too long..not sure why it wont fit.

The bushing inside got pushed out a little trying to get the sleeve in, but not too badly.

Any thoughts are welcome. I hesitate to use too much force cause Im good at breaking things that way.

[Ricky-D]

Probably would have been good to check the sleeve fit before hand.

Now it will be harder.

I wouldn't just go slamming the shock into the holder.

It'll take some ingenuity to work it out correctly.

Get a bigger hammer.

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[John Schmidt]

To remove them in the past, I used a couple sockets. One large enough to fit over the sleeve, one small enough to match the diameter of the sleeve. Put it in a vise and slowly crank down on it. It will push the sleeve out into the larger socket.