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My trailing arms are of my TR250 as well as every other part of the car.
Today, I addressed two trailing arm issues. One was to replace the studs with
3/8-5/16 studs. The other was to remove the old bushings.
I could only find 1 1/4" studs at Automotive Fasteners that had varying sizes.
I checked them with the hubs to be sure and I should be okay. I bought shallow
nyloc nuts just in case. The 3/8 UNC end went in very snugly after driling out
the threads and retapping the holes. I was able to tighten them down much more
than I would have ever thought about doing the 5/16 UNF originals. I'll update
when I mount the arms and insert the hubs.
"How to Restore . . " advises us to set the old bushings on fire to remove the
metal sleeve and then the rubber will offer little resistance. It only worked
like that exactly on one of the four. The other three just pushed out, metal
and all, as soon as the lit flange was reduced enough. I don't have the
happiest neighbors after lighting rubber on fire, but the process does work!
Andy
CD6521L
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