An automotive tool for engaging and removing a cable guide bushing from a bushing passage in an inner door panel of a vehicle door is comprised of elongate, generally rectangular, parallelepiped bar with a manual grip at one end and a generally circular, through-passage at the opposite end with a radial slot through the bar connected to the through passage. The through-passage includes first and second uniformly, equally arcuate, constant radius surfaces at the juncture of the top side and bottom side of the bar with the through-passage to facilitate smooth engagement, and placement of the through passage over the compressible legs of the cable guide bushing in a manner which compresses the legs to enable removal of the bushing from a retaining passage in the inside panel from the inside of the door.