Replacing Bushes

[RussBurger]

Hey guys

Just wondering if anyone has any experience replacing rear trailing arm bushes on their preludes...Mine a bit ****ed but I dont really want to fork out a few hundred to sort em.

Are they pretty hard to do yourself, I know you need a compacter to squeeze them back in but can you take the arms down to a suspension shop and get them to do that side of it?

Cheers

Russ

[jdm_b16a]

A suspension shop will do it but you're looking at several hundred dollars because the cost is in the labour, not the actual bushes.



I have done a couple of Civics but I buy my bushing kits complete from UltraRev in the US.



I use an hydraulic press (small unit from SCA) and it takes about half a day to do a complete car (given that you already have all the parts out of the car).



I would save the money from having a shop do it, spend the money on a press, buy the bushes you need from the US (I use Energy Suspension exclusively because I know they work and I get a good deal from the US even with shipping), press everything out, replace with new bushes, and you're car's handling will be transformed.

This is the hard way:

http://www.preludepower.com/forums/s...d.php?t=348302

A press makes it so much easier and much less messy.

Peter

[202690]

would you recommend a newby DIY'ing this stuff?? i dont wanna press it out only to find i cant press it in straight lols

[markismaximus]

for the bushing kit look on Amazon. Their prices are insanely cheap

[jdm_b16a]

would you recommend a newby DIY'ing this stuff?? i dont wanna press it out only to find i cant press it in straight lols

The first time I did it, I struggled a bit but that was because the press was the only one SCA had, and it was at a special price. You could buy a bigger press, say 12 or 20 tonne.

Pressing the steel/rubber out is harder than putting the new polyurethane ones in. The trailing arm is not too hard.

Peter

[jdm_b16a]

for the bushing kit look on Amazon. Their prices are insanely cheap

Not quite "Insanely cheap" but, yes, cheaper. Same kit $129.95 on Amazon; $146.95 on UltraRev.

Shipping by UltraRev is a flat $50 via USPS; Amazon ship via their own internal systems which is a bit longer but the postage was only $28.

So, yeah, good value Mark. I'll have to try them next time I place an order.

Peter

[202690]

i noticed ultrarev dont have type r kits??

[jdm_b16a]

i noticed ultrarev dont have type r kits??

Did you look under "Honda" or "Acura"?

Peter

[RussBurger]

Cheers for the info, I going to find this quite a mission due to having a bit less space in a one bedroom apartment and not having a garage. Does anyone know if you can rent one from a TAFE or something?

[202690]

Did you look under "Honda" or "Acura"?

Peter

seems like search function comes back with nothing for everythign i search now..

[nathg]

Just do all the work yourself, then when it comes time to use a press, take trailing arms and new bushes to any mechanic and they do it for you

[202690]

alright! you guys making me do this now lols always needed to do this but never had the guts/tools to do such task. should i just replace the ones needing to or just pick up a master kit and do it all?