trailing arm bushing replacement

[ZoneOneCB7]

Hello and thanks for taking time to read this. I'm planning on replacing the bushings on my trailing arms. I have looked and can't find anything here on how to do the job.

I know there's a lot of debate on poly or rubber. I'm just going with rubber. A stock replacement. I herd of binding and such with poly. I don't know. I just chose the rubber because I have poly on everything else plus I couldn't find them in poly. LOL

I purchased a 20 ton press from harbor freight. I just need to know if there are any special tools other than the press I would need. I plan to document it and post it here to hopefully help anyone else looking to do this. Unless its already here and I didn't look hard enough.

I will also be doing a strut job so ill document that as well.

I also wanted to ask. I replaced the lower, rear control arms and the upper control arms to adjustable camber arms. Should I also replace the lower front control arms on the rears so my toe is more adjustable on the rear than the stock arms?

[deevergote]

As long as you have that press, and know how to work it, you should have no trouble. Many people don't have a press, and they have to get creative to remove/replace the bushing (I personally cut the rubber out, used a hacksaw to slice through the metal ring, and then made a makeshift press out of a bench vise... which didn't work well, so I ended up banging the remainder out with a hammer and a punch.)

Also, unless you're doing extreme suspension modifications or racing the car, you shouldn't need any more adjustability than the stock components give you. Use OEM components, and you'll be in good shape.

[sonikaccord]

Do you have a pipe that can fit the OD of the bushing to press it out?

[ZoneOneCB7]

Do you have a pipe that can fit the OD of the bushing to press it out?

no I don't but I guess I could bring the bushing to home depot or something. Damn...!!! Why didn't I think of that before???

Any way, I lowered the car 2" in front and 1.75 on rear. I had to buy camber control arms for the rear and camber ball joints for the front. I noticed for the correction of camber on the rear it gave me massive toe in on the rear. I know the stock arm has some adjustability but I hope it has enough to compensate.

I have the kyb g4 shocks. They're blown but they have life time warranty. I have to send them back so I purchased some eBay strut called low tek I think. Just to hold me till I get my kyb back. These low tek shocks are made in china. They feel nice and stiff for now. I don't think they're going to last too long though. I'm doing this tomorrow since I have off.

[BackRoadCB7]

The bushings seem more intimidating then they actually are. once the old ones are out the new ones go in pretty easy

[jdmfreak]

This is the tool I personally use when I do those bushings. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HI...2352219&sr=8-1

It saves a lot of time. You don't have to remove the trailing arm and use a press with this tool.

I haven't used it in months. I work at the dealership. Not many old honda come in as much. Most of the newer Hondas don't have trail arm bushings anymore. This tool has been gathering dust for months now.