Jim...here's my $.02 worth...----------
> 1) stock springs or something stiffer? As a daily driver I am not
> interested
> making the suspension any harder than it has to be. On the other hand
> I
> don't really like the rear end sag on acceleration.
>
I put in the stiffer "performance" coil springs 15 years ago.
My TR6 is a semi-daily driver in the summer and I really can't tell any
difference in the ride. It does accelerate up through the gears better
tho. I really like the lack of squat when I get on it
> 2) what kind of bushings for the trailing arm? rubber are probably
> softer
> and lead to a softer ride but wear out better and faster. Urethane
> (sp?)
> harder and longer lasting. One factor to consider is that I have be
> able to
> put them with my C Clamp and assorted sockets as a press.
>
I put recently put in the two piece nythene (sp?) bushings. Not
too hard to get in. But I really can't tell any difference in the ride.
> I already have new u-joints on the rear shafts. Anything else I ought
> to do
> while I am there? I presume I should put in the rubber bump and
> rebound
> stops as well as any other rubber.
>
I put in new bellows and dust covers on the half shafts. Also
replace the insulators that ate on both ends of each coil spring
> Is it really necessary to remove the rear shafts if don't really
> remove the
> trailing arm to replace the bushings, or is that folly and I should
> really
> take it out?
>
I removed the rear shafts and took the trailing arms off the
car. Removing the rear shafts is a piece of cake. My old bushings were
the one piece original rubber ones. I don't think I could have pushed
them out w/o removing the arm.
by for now
Tom Long
64TR4
68TR250
76TR6
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