Trailing arm bushes
Hey guys I need to replace my trailing arm bushes. Just wondering how hard this is to get the old bushes out and the new ones in? Also I'm getting a 22mm adjustable whiteline sway bar. I'm pretty sure i still have the standard link pins. Do you have to upgrade the link pins for the sway bar? Thanks
just find remanufactured ones, the bushes can be a down right whore to remove and put in yourself
Yeah but from memory these bushes are in the axel so even if I just got new arms I would still have to get 4 bushes out...
Is this for the rear upper trailing arms?
If so, just buy a set of these http://www.mcdonaldbrosracing.com.au...s/uptrail1.jpg
That's what I did.
as for the lower arms, I bought a new set of arms with nolethane bushes already installed and am going to get a suspension place to change over the bushes in the axel.
Daniel
VH SL/E Blue on Silver
304 Conversion | Custom Headers | Trans-Go Shift Kit | 2800rpm stall | VL Turbo Diff | VL Turbo rear brakes | VT Twin Piston Front Calipers | VT Brake Booster | Slotted Discs F&R | Nolathane bushes.
The trailing arm front bushes are fitted into the actual arms,but the rear ones stay in the diff housing.You can remove the arms and take them to a mechanics who can press out the old bushes and press in the new front bushes,but obviously they will need the whole car to replace the bushes in the diff housing.I recommend using urethane type bushes like nolothane brand,these bushes dont need to be pressed into the trailing arms,they just fit in by hand,but the rear trailing arm ones will still need to be pressed into the diff housing.The diff housing bushes are about the only nolothane ones that need to be pressed in,all the others fit by hand,and they are heaps better than the original rubber bushes.They last longer than the rubber ones and give excellent road feel back through the car.
You can also make your own bush extractor/installer pretty easily.Check out the pics.
Last edited by Brett_jjj; 21-06-2011 at 03:45 PM.
hey mate i gotta do my trailing arms as well both upper and lower, in my opinion it will be alot cheaper to just by new trailing arms then to get the bushes pressed in, unless you do it your self, theres plenty of replacement arms on ebay for awesome prices. thats just my opinion, hope fully this will help you to make a good decision.
Why would you want to buy more new trailing arms for,thats just a waste of money.The old arms just need the bushes replaced and they're as good as new again.Just give them a good clean, and a couple of coats of cheap black spraypaint to make them look half decent before you refit them to the car..
well brett in my case my old trailing arms have been flogged, so instead of paying $108 to get new bushes plus fitting i can pay 99 dollars and buy 2 new lower trailing arms with brand new bushes, no fussing about with warped bush eye's, just whip out the old and in with the new.
Jees your car must have been flogged badly if the arms have warped eyes,Ive replaced a lot of bushes in my time and I havent seen many arms that have needed to be replaced..if your arms werent stuffed,you would only pay around $20 per set for new rubber bushes,and probably around another $20 or so to have them pressed in.It only takes a couple of minutes to press out the old ones and refit the new ones if you remove the arms yourself and take them to a mechanics,but as I already mentioned, for the rear lower control arm bushes in the diff housing,they will obviously need the whole car.The above home made tools in the pics work excellent,and are easy to put together,so theres really no need to have to pay anyone to remove/refit the bushes..
Last edited by Brett_jjj; 21-06-2011 at 09:05 PM.
yea the bushes in them have been gone for a while and from all the crap roads in sydney not helping out the eye's have gone a bit out of shape, but i love that tool design and will probably end up using for doing other bushings instead of paying someone else to do it.
Hopefully my eyes are ok still. Have got a good price on all new bushes by whiteline plus. So I'm thinking I will just make up one of those tools and do it myself. I'll pinch a bit of threaded rod and nuts and washers at work and might have to go to bunnings for the rest lol but shouldnt be hard to make up.
Yep, the home made bush removal/installation tool works like a beauty,a couple of dollars at bunnings for some bolts and nuts and a few different size washers, and I use a few different size pieces of old steel waterpipe for the spacers,depending on the size of the bush.
So who knows about the sway bar? Do I need better link pins?
Doesn't drive like this
What is the nolathane part number for the diff mounted bush? 46008?
I bought parts to do this job a few months ago (haven't got round to it yet) but only got the upper trailing arm bushes (46003) and the one that presses in to the lower rear arm (46004). I didn't get the other one because I looked at the images on their website and they looked like they were located in the eye of the shock absorber, and as I got new shocks I thought they weren't necessary.
Maybe I should get under there and have a look instead of relying on images :-)
Yeah mate 46008 is the bush on the diff housing for the lower trailing arm. Sourced all lower and upper bushes in nolathane for $155 through a mate
Also getting the whiteline 22mm 4 point adjustable swaybar BHR16Z for $187 including postage.
If that combo doesn't make the car feel 200% tighter I don't know what will haha
What wAs it the link only went to where you chose the make and model
I dont know what happened to it,It was working earlier on today.It was a pic and the details of the above mentioned bush that goes into the diff housing.Part number 46008.Originally Posted by redvs2
Doesn't drive like this
Found it, thanks. The picture I was confused by was a drawing with the bushes described shown in red. When I clicked on the installation manual it was clear where they went.
Well gave it a go and failed miserably.... The bush remover tool failed... Ended up with alot of bashing getting all the old ones out but nothing I tried could get even one of the new ones in. Now I cant tow it I can't drive it. To take them to a shop I'm going to have to take my diff out. F*cking pissed off
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