I've done it twice on my TR6. The first time I took the trailing arms off
and put new rubber bushings in. It took some effort to get the old ones
out, clean out the holes and put the new ones in. The second time was a
few months later when I replaced the rubber bushings with nylatron bushings
and did it with the arms still on the car. It wasn't too hard because I
had done it recently and remembered what I was doing and the bushings had
not been in very long and came out easily. I would recommend taking them
off if you haven't done it before.
Also, I've tried the C-clamp and a threaded rod that goes through the
sockets and bushing. The threaded rod worked much better. Be sure to use
soap to lube the bushing going in.
Rob
74 TR6 daily driver, lots of bug splats this time of year
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:42:13 -0400
>From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
>Subject: trailing arm bushings
>
>
>Message text written by "Rod MacLeod"
> >Can the trailing arm bushings be removed by lowering the front of the arms
>out of the brackets leaving everything else attached to them and pressing
>them out on the car or does the whole trailing arm have to be removed from
>the car as described in the Bentley manual.
><
>
>
>I suppose you could if you have a really big C-clamp. The only problem is
>that it will take a significant amount of pressure to push the old out and
>the new in. I usually use a vice. Either way the two socket wrench
>technique is recommended*.
>
>Dave
>
>*One large socket big enough for the bushing to be pushed into and one
>small enough to fit the bore of the trailing arm.
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