trailing arm bush fitting

[thescamper]

As it says Job done, What a t*** of a job, took me 2 hours to do the first one coz I couldn't get the bolt (No8) undone so had to mark and undo the tracking bolt.

Bolt No8 came undone on the second and it took 20 minutes to do.

If I had one piece of advice have plenty of various size bits of wood (at least some 4*2 and I used a bit of 3" square) and a couple of bloody great levers and the best hammer to use i found was a 2lb ball pein hammer.

Enjoying a well earned cider now!!!!

Oh and yes its made a world of difference to the car no skipping round corners and no more squirming under hard braking.

[vi-cious]

Originally Posted by thescamper

As it says Job done, What a t*** of a job, took me 2 hours to do the first one coz I couldn't get the bolt (No8) undone so had to mark and undo the tracking bolt.

Bolt No8 came undone on the second and it took 20 minutes to do.

If I had one piece of advice have plenty of various size bits of wood (at least some 4*2 and I used a bit of 3" square) and a couple of bloody great levers and the best hammer to use i found was a 2lb ball pein hammer.

Enjoying a well earned cider now!!!!

Oh and yes its made a world of difference to the car no skipping round corners and no more squirming under hard braking.

good man! the wood in my pics was so flippin usefull to hold the arm down worst bit i found was trying to line it all back up again but even then it was still a doddle after i sorted out the captive nut, now i need to find the noise from the front..occasionally when going over bumps or round corners i get a deep metal clang from the nsf but nothing is loose or worn but if memory serves me the strut tops used the have a habit or doing this when they chassis was overpainted just need to remove the strut rub down the paint and re-seal.....anyone else got any ideas

[LSA]

A pointer for the future - pop trailing am bushes in the freezer overnight before you do the job. They slide right in.