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Posted by polemera [Email] (more from polemera) on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:21:05
In Reply to: how hard was it?, jpb in me, Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:47:54
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It wasn't very difficult. Moderate, I would say.
I hit a few bumps along the way, the biggest being the removal of the old bushing.
Special tools: A gear puller, chisel (I used an old wood chisel), and hacksaw were the only special tools. The rest were typical socket and regular wrenches, hammer/mallet and torque wrench. The most challenging bolt was the one hold the bottom of the shock, which requires 140 ft lbs to tighten.
The first side was the learning side (~2.5 hrs) and then the other went faster (~1 hr).
I drove the front of the car on ramps and then jacked the rear onto stands for some added clearance.
For difficulty reference, I think brakes are easier to replace and the rear engine mount (firewall) much more difficult.
I used Platonoff's instructions pretty much verbatim:
posted by 98.229.133...
Platonoff, trailing arm bushings.
Posts in this Thread:
- trailing arm bushing replacement -pic-, polemera, Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:46:31
- how hard was it?, jpb in me, Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:47:54
- moderate..., polemera, Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:21:05 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: trailing arm bushing replacement -pic-, B Millar
, Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:49:30- Re: trailing arm bushing replacement -pic-, polemera, Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:36:36
- Ours were creaking, especially when cold since, Noel, Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:53:57
- Re: trailing arm bushing replacement -pic-, LesH, Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:05:29
- Re: trailing arm bushing replacement -pic-, ScottA, Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:21:09
- ouch...., LesH, Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:16:18
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