 Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Shot, Can I Replace or special tools needed? |
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| Spoke |
 Feb 28 2006, 12:17 PM
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Jerry  Group: Members Posts: 7,158 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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Well, I got closer to road ready with a new clutch.
Then on further inspection, I found the driver side rear swing arm has a bad bushing. The shiny part of the suspension ear shows how the trailing arm has been moving around. The blue screwdriver is in a hole in the metal caused by the movement of the arm at the pickup point. This puts me in a real predicament since I have a 5-lug suspension to put on the car but have at least a month or more of work (at my pace) on the wheels (strip, polish, paint), install suspension, flare fenders, and I want to get the car on the road ASAP. Question: How hard is it to replace a bushing? I'm thinking of repairing just this one bad bushing. Are any special tools required? Maybe one of my local 914 brothers has a spare swing arm that I can "borrow" for a couple of months. Perhaps we can swap some parts. Spoke Attached image(s) 
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| Aaron Cox |
Feb 28 2006, 12:20 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
you cant get rubber bushings....
the alternatives are Poly (weltmeisters) Poly Bronze (elephant racing) Roller bearings (mueller) delrin (racer chris) so there is a hole in the bushing? or a hole in the mounting ear? make sure your suspension ear is not ovaled.... |
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Spoke Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Shot Feb 28 2006, 12:17 PM
turbo914v8 I have a set of the Poly (weltmeisters) type for f... Feb 28 2006, 12:38 PM Eric_Shea After 30 years I'd be willing to bet the bushi... Feb 28 2006, 12:41 PM Spoke Feb 28 2006, 01:20 PM SirAndy Feb 28 2006, 01:22 PM Headrage <... Feb 28 2006, 01:23 PM Spoke ... Feb 28 2006, 01:27 PM Gint It's entirely possible that the bushing is sho... Feb 28 2006, 01:41 PM Eric_Shea http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h... Feb 28 2006, 01:55 PM Eric_Shea Ooooooooooooops... you're in PA. That won... Feb 28 2006, 01:56 PM Cloudbuster I have a spare shaft and bushing set you can borro... Feb 28 2006, 03:00 PM Jaiden Spoke if you need a hand or at least some one to g... Feb 28 2006, 04:35 PM Spoke Thanks all for the info and offers. Much appreciat... Feb 28 2006, 05:03 PM Jaiden Spoke you are the man for finding those parts quic... Feb 28 2006, 06:10 PM Spoke I guess there used to be a bushing in there. Feb 28 2006, 10:44 PM Spoke It's just a little hole. Feb 28 2006, 10:46 PM Spoke It used to be a hole. I think I could identify my ... Feb 28 2006, 10:47 PM Racer Chris That "used to be a bushing" is one of the Weltmeis... Mar 1 2006, 06:23 AM Lawrence 
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