weekend work
#1
weekend work
Spent the weekend working on the max. Changed the trailing arm bushings, changed all 4 struts, changed brakes all the way around, topped it off with a oil change. Rides just like the day I bought it. By the way those trailing arm bushings are a PITA!!!!!
#2
Dude props for the trailing arms, I need to do em.
Did you take the whole beam off? or just remove them when it was actually on the car? How many hours do you think it took ?
Did you get any nice struts? or just oem?
Did you take the whole beam off? or just remove them when it was actually on the car? How many hours do you think it took ?
Did you get any nice struts? or just oem?
#3
weekend work
I did take the whole axle out. Took me about 1/2 hour to take it out. Most people have problems with the trailing arm bolts, I got lucky and they just came undone. Personally I would not do this job with the axle on the car. As for the struts I just went with the KYB GR2's. The biggest time I spent doing it was taking the old bushings out.
#4
I did my rear trailing arm bushings and I didn't take the whole beam out - but that's your choice. It is a PITA job - takes time but not really that hard. There is a write up that has great pictures - just so you know what you're in for.
#5
Honestly I dont see how you could do this job without removing the axle. Once you have pushed out the center of the old bushing there remains a rubber like seal around the interior of the housing which would not come out for me. I had to burn it out as described in some of the write ups. The hardest part is to get the bushings out. Putting in the new ones is easy. Use a 1/2" x 8" hex bolt with two plates on each side and start tightening the bolt, it will pull the new bushing in.
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