Dismantling swing arm - bushes stuck

1971 Roadster (8100 miles). The bushes are stuck. I tried pressing them out with no joy. I'm doing a serious cleaning after the bike sat on an insurance compound lot last summer following a theft. SOBs. Open to all the elements for too long. Insurance SOBs.
The spindle is a nice tight fit so I'm loathe to do much more to remove the bushes to avoid any distortion.
It was greased not oiled.
What's my best procedure? The spindle extracts nicely with threading a 1/2" bolt to assist. The O rings are removed. The dust covers - R side rotates freely, the L doesn't budge but neither will remove.
Should I clean with petrol and reassemble as is then oil as per manuals? Like mentioned I'm hesitant to attempt further extraction of the bushes. The whole assembly appears good besides grease.

Hullsfire

what is your point is trying to get the bushes out anyway?

you say the spindle is a nice snug fit, consider yourself lucky, clean out the tiny lubing holes in the spindle, put it all back together and forget about it?

I get you. I had the swing arm off and just wanted to do a thorough clean. First time taking this much off the bike and am wanting to do the most proper job is all. You are a frequent poster with sound knowledge so I take this as good advice.
This also means less dinkering.
If there is a x2 or 3 on this advice from other established posters I will proceed with confidence.

Believe me, I also feel lucky there is no play with spindle. I do not want to order any parts. From reading other threads, folks have had distortion problems with the sintered bronze bushes, albeit with spindle play. So I'll be happy to proceed with reassembly reassured all is good.
With oil instead of grease.

Insurance is the biggest scam going with the law going along with it. Banking the most profittable of all legal business ,now they can legally sell you insurance. Fill out all the forms for improper storage compensation. Get an inspection with photo documentation. Include those costs to the form. Could take a while but that's how it works. As for the swingarm there are threads on how to deal with it.

I would wash out the sintered bronze bushings (in place) with as hot a solution as possible to extract as much grease as possible, then proceed with re-assembly.

I think any grease left in place would be a hindrance to free flow of proper 140 oil.

The bushings typically do not wear nearly as much as the swingarm spindle tube in the tranny cradle which is a known potential wear spot with known simple bolt-on fixes.

Excellent. I will do as suggested. Here's what I'm thinking. Soak the spindle end of the swing arm in a bucket of boiled water? Possibly a few times. Then soak in oil overnight.
I can't think of any other "solution".

Hullsfire

Couldn't hurt. I'd add dishsoap to the boiling water and wipe clean. Brake cleaner final to eliminate all grease residues then soak overnight in the 140 oil. It's the start of the riding season not winter otherwise the spindle fix since it's all apart anyways. You want that spindle real tight in it's tube . Line up the locator bolt hole good and knock it in. Any play is unacceptable ,grease does that after a while but you have low mileage so proceed.

Torontonian said:

Brake cleaner final to eliminate all grease residues then soak overnight in the 140 oil.

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Allow the swingarm to sit in the sun for a while to totally evaporate the brake parts cleaner in between those two steps.