Devilfish Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hi. My rear trailing arm bushes are bushed! Knackered! Kaput! Getting them is easy and cheap, but I was wondering if anyone else had replaced them and had any tips? Do they need to be removed and refitted with a hydraulic press? As I need the car every day (I do 90 miles a day) I was thinking of getting a spare pair of rear arms (anyone got any I could have?) and replacing them on those, then swapping them over. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Paul Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Remover the brackets that hold the hand brake cable down,undo the rear upper top arm (it will ping out) undo the rear tracking arm that's at the front of the rear trailing arm so the whole trailing arm is hanging on the just the rear lower arm (make sure u mark where the arm was before removing bolts)Then finaly wedge the arm against something so u can bang the bushes out with a massive hammer the bushes only go out and in one way - u bang them out words going out and inwards towards the car going in!Simple as that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 and measure the distance old bushes are in the arm 10 mm i think so as not to distort new fitment of new bush, also there is a top amd bottom of bush, also angle of them is relevent if lowered car adjust to suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Paul Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sorry missed that and the arrow on the bush goes facing inwards and down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David gp Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 What do you think of these bushes? I have to change them both and they are the cheapest I've found, but I do not know if they are of acceptable qualityhttp://www.ebay.es/itm/400412642404?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 Cheers for that. What do you mean by mark where the arm was? And the bushes just come out with a hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 Only looking at standard ones. It's hard enough thankyou thanks to the coilovers and very low stance..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Pay a garage to do it! I did mine on jack and axle stands and it was a pain in the arse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Paul Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Standard ones are not too bad ( genuine that is ) generally they last a good 5-7 years Simpo is right though,they are a pain, bout 1-2 hours on a ramp. I wouldn't do them on the floor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Standard ones are not too bad ( genuine that is ) generally they last a good 5-7 years Simpo is right though,they are a pain, bout 1-2 hours on a ramp. I wouldn't do them on the floor! I was thinking that this morning. Last garage I had take a look, I think they didn't want to do them because it started out as £120, then they said the parts were no longer available except from Honda at £350......Kept going on about having to replace the whole arm as it wasn't the same as the Rover one as they originally thought. Needless to say I won't be going back there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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