How to swap your suspension bushes. Rear trailing arm, Front & Rear LCA.
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
Aim: Swap bushes and to get more PQ points. hehe.
Required: Hardrace Press :cool:, goggles, vernier caliper, various sockets, ingenuity, & internet.
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Rear Trailing Arm (RTA) Bushes.
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Supporting Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPTDzrxqoOo
Aim: replace rooted RTA bushes.
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1. Jack up car and put on jack stands.
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2. Remove wheels
3. Detach brake hose. You can choose to detach brake line on caliper or from chassis (hard brake line). I detached the hard-to-soft brake line so i didn't have to undo 2x10mm brake line bracket on trailing arm. I then wrapped hard line with plumbers teflon tape so it wont drip plenty brake fluid.
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4. Undo all the bolts that connects RTA to chassis/LCA:
You can choose to undo either bolt, I removed the Compensator arm to chassis bolt because it's easier. I'll need wheel alignment later.
5. Now that the RTA is off, make note of 'LWR' position and bush orientation. LWR should point to the ground. LWR side bush is thicker.
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6. Once you know the layout, hammer out the old bush. There is a 'long' and 'short' side on the bush, long goes inside (behind RTA/LCA) and short goes outside (to wheels). Need to hammer from behind RTA.
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7. Once it's out, orient your new bush and sit it tight by tapping 'em lightly on RTA. Push new bush in from outside so that the long side of bush goes behind RTA/LCA.
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**Once you done swapping the bushes, I had hard time putting RTA back in the car.
I find it easier to bolt in (loosely in the following order:
- RTA to LCA
- RTA Bush to Chassis
- Compensator arm
- Upper arm to RTA
Don't tighten them until all is connected, you will have hard time lining up bolt holes if you do.
Good luck!
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Rear Lower Control Arm Bushes. ITR LCA
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Steps:
1. Take out your rear lca and get the rear lca bush kit. Assess.
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2. Identify which side is the small side and which is the big side.
Take note how it sits before you push the bush out.
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3. Push the bush using your socket on the outer bush metal sleeve. Big side facing down, press from Small side. If you push the bush on the inner sleeve, the rubber just gonna flex until you rip it.
Sometimes it might stuck, use wd-40 to lubricate before pressing. Let it soak for a while.
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4. Clean the inside lining of your RLCA, clean that wd-40 leftover. I need to strip the paint and repaint it. arr.
5. Push the bush back in, Small side goes in to the Big side.
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6. Done. Easy peasy if you got a press, especially a hardrace press. :cool:
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Other comments:
You should wear goggles. metal can break and when they break, sometimes metal shards will fly off.
You don't want metal shards in your eye.
