Removing Front Control Arm Bushings

My 97 328 convertible needed new front control arm bushings.

BMW uses these bushings on the front of all Z3 and M Roadsters as well as all of the E30 and E36 3 Series.

I found videos on the web that use a special tool to remove the bushing and another that uses a torch to heat the control arm. I don't have the tool and I don't feel comfortable heating the control arm because it has other parts that might be damaged by heat.

This is a video of the removal process using a conventional pulley puller. Here is another version of what I did involving large amounts of duct tape and an air wrench.

Pressing in the new bushing and installing the new parts on the car will be a future topic.