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trailing arm bushing install |
Amphicar770 |
Feb 11 2016, 11:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,191 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
OK, finally starting to put things back together. New bearings went into freshly powder coated trailing arms this evening.
I then went to install the new rubber bushings and pivot shaft from Elephant Racing and here is where I am running into problems even with their tool set. Per their instructions you set the bushings in the trailing arm and then using a pipe clamp and the provided tools, you soap the heck out of the parts and insert the pivot shaft through the one bushing and push it all the way through with pressure from the pipe clamp. Works well for the first few inches until the pivot shaft starts pulling the bushing down through the trailing arm. Getting everything back out was not fun, could only do it using my press. In watching a redneck video His description) the guy seems to put the pivot shaft on first and then push the bushings in at both ends. First seems to go easy, second he helps along with a hammer and a tool to fit over the bushing. Anyway, suggestions on best approach welcomed. I really figured that by paying a premium for the set with the tools that this would be simple. Arrrgh. Thanks, Mike |
Nutter965 |
Feb 15 2016, 11:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 17-August 14 From: Uk Northern Ireland Member No.: 17,784 Region Association: None |
Oh boy, i've just pressed out my old bushings to do this ....... not looking forward to this now !
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Amphicar770 |
Feb 15 2016, 12:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,191 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Oh boy, i've just pressed out my old bushings to do this ....... not looking forward to this now ! I do not know if this issues is unique to the Elephant Racing bushings or if everyone essentially sells the same part. Will let you know when I hear back from them. As someone else said, now it makes sense why they do not have a video for this one! Just tried again. Smaller gap this time but still there. Seems to happen as you near the end of getting the trailing arm in. I do believe that the bushing needs to be sitting pretty much flush with the trailing arm, that is how the first arm is seated. Unfortunately, once the gap shows up, seems like you have to start all over. If you do not have a press, you may want to consider having a shop do this for you. If I were a shop I would have lost my shirt on this job. Reminds me that there is a garage nearby that used to specialize in Porsche / VW, including full restorations. These days they will only work on newer vehicles. The owner said that it simply became too costly dealing with rusty old parts that took hours to remove and with ill-fitting after market parts that take hours to install. Maybe he did a 914 trailing arm and decided, "I'm done". I imagine Delrin or poly bushings are much easier to install. I went with Rubber because I wanted minimum noise and vibration. |
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