Lower front control arm bushing

Can you press the front compliance bushing out of the arm using a socket that is slightly smaller than the outer rim of the bushing? So basically the socket will sit on the rubber area. I notice there are two rubber looking stoppers that are opposite to the "axis" in which the bushing flex's. So I am wondering if I can press on that instead of the outer metal rim which is very very thin and it takes a specific size to hit that without getting stuck in the arm itself while pressing out the bushing. See?