After reading KCX' and Abiels posts on this page (4), on removing the bronze bushings, and how hard they were to remove I began to think about how mine slid out from the IAB without any prompting. At least the bottom bronze piece and the longer steel center piece did. I simply pulled the top brass piece out with my fingertips, no prob. WTF? You're saying they should require some force to install and remove? (Top, bottom, and center?)