Systems and methods for inserting and removing bushing assemblies

A method of displacing a bushing assembly relative to a housing opening in a structural member, the bushing assembly comprising a bushing rod and a bushing sleeve, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a drive system comprising an actuator, a threaded rod, and a brace nut,
• providing a pullbar socket configured to be connected to the threaded rod and to the bushing rod;
• providing a push adapter configured to be connected to the bushing rod and to engage the bushing sleeve;
• providing a receiver assembly comprising
• a cylinder adapter, and
• an extension tube;
• a first mode, arranging the cylinder adapter between the actuator and the structural member, and
• in a second mode, arranging the cylinder adapter between the actuator and the extension tube and the extension tube between the cylinder adapter and the structural member.

A bushing assembly displacing system for displacing a bushing assembly relative to a housing opening in a structural member, the bushing assembly comprising a bushing rod and a bushing sleeve, the bushing assembly displacing system comprising:

• a drive system comprising an actuator, a threaded rod, and a brace nut, a pullbar socket configured to be connected to the threaded rod and to the bushing rod;
• a push adapter configured to be connected to the bushing rod and to engage the bushing sleeve;
• a receiver assembly comprising a cylinder adapter, an extension tube, and a cylinder tube cap;
• wherein the bushing assembly displacing system is configured in a first mode in which the cylinder adapter is arranged between the actuator and the structural member and the cylinder tube cap is arranged between the cylinder adapter and the structural member, and a second mode in which the cylinder adapter is arranged between the actuator and the extension tube, the extension tube is arranged between the cylinder adapter and the structural member, and the cylinder tube cap is arranged between the extension tube and the structural member.