Rear trailing arm bushing replacement writeup RT4wd

klum

so i have been encountering a really violent vibration in my rear end after speeds of 60mph or so i replaced my toe arms with adjustable arms and i just got done installing rear trailing arm bushings as mine were shot... i mean they were ripped and disconnected ... having never done this before it took me a good while to get my balls up and do it (i was gunna take it to a shop but they wanted 350-500$ because its 4wd its supposedly harder ( bullshit ) )

any ways. so i saw this video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPTDzrxqoOo

n i was like theres no reason i cant just do this all with hand tools i was concerned about how long this would take and what it would take to do by your self without the special tool that all you honda techers are always talking about.. YOU DONT NEED SHIT!
Heres the tools i used.
wrench / rachet combo.
12mm(brake line secure bolts)
14mm (upper camber arm , rear toe arm bolts)
17mm(Rear trailing arm bushing bolts)
19mm(Lugnuts)

Step1::Loosen lugnuts, Jack up car , SECURE YOUR CAR WITH JACKSTANDS OR BRICKS

Step2 ::
Disconnect rear toe arms


your gunna need to jack up your TA to get the bolt attached to the toe on the TA side

Step 3:: disconnect camber arm



Step 4::disconnect the brake lines from the trailing arms ( dont open the line just take the bolts off the trailing arm so you dont damage them and their out of the way..)


Step 5::disconnect the RTA bushing bolts

Step 6:: get your hammer and hammer out teh old bushings


heres what was left of my existing bushing lol!

Step 7:: ( this isnt recommended) i had to grind down a lil bit of the new bushings metal since i wasnt using a tool i made a little groove to make it slide in easier
step 8:: allign your bushing making sure its the same angle as the old one ( this step is kinda stupid as most of us have lowered vehicles your going to want a little angle on your bushing) what i did was had it off to the side a little bit to compensate for the lowered hieght and a way to check to see if your stressing your bushing is kinda tedious but hey it pays to have your shit perfect.. . i jacked up the RTA and saw how stressed it was after it was at the hieght it would be traveling and made it so it would ride straight once on the ground i know this is kinda confusing and im a little bit drunk.. but hopefuly my \pictures help..


step9:: hammer in your bushing until it is alligned with the little grey line ( if your new bushings has them )

Step 10 : jack up the arm and since we're having our bushing sitting sideways getting the bolt in is a little difficult
Step 11:: tighten the 17mm bolts until your bushing is secure..
step 12 reconnect all arms and tightnen to spec.. pretty much everything is at about 50 ft lbs torque.
step 13:: test drive and enjoy





out wit the old in wit tha neww

thanks for stopping by on my never ending proccess towards success!

Charb

Nice writeup

bam-bam

Good work.. Thanks for sharing

JDMWago666

Nice write up. I'll be using this when it gets warmer outside. Thanks

WagonWhirled

what he said ^^^^ plus did you notice a difference in the ride afterwards?? major? minor?

rosewoodrt

nice write up . will be doing this soon , mine are smoked.

klum

huge difference

SnoCoWagon

After reading this thread and watching the video, I went ahead and did this. The first one went super easy, I left the e-brake cable attached but removed everything else so I could get a good angle with the hammer. The second one didn't want to go in so I also used the grinder to put a more aggressive chamfer on the new bushing, it still required a lot of persuasion. A shop quoted me ~$500, so thanks for this writeup.

Mandalore88

hey man thanks for taking the time to put this together, I am sure I will use it when I change mine.