Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Shot, Can I Replace or special tools needed? Options

[Spoke]

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

[Spoke]

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Feb 28 2006, 01:41 PM)

After 30 years I'd be willing to bet the bushing is shot. I'd also be willing to bet that's not your main problem. I don't think it (a worn bushing) would allow that much travel. I'm going out on a limb and say that the hole in your suspension ear is ovaled. E.

That was my first thought, that the nut was loose and wobbling around. The nut is as tight as a good .... Oops, almost said something I might regret. Well, suffice to say that the nut is very tight and there is a tremendous amount of play in the arm. There are bits and pieces of bushing in that area.

How hard to put these things on? Special tools required? Maybe just a BFH?

Tweeks Rear Suspension Bushing

Thanks,
Spoke