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Old 03-16-2008, 06:17 PM
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Question OEM Trailing Arm Bushings?
I've read many of the threads regarding replacing trailing arm bushings and it seems that the IAP bushings don't fit right. It is suggested to use OEM. My question is where do you get OEM parts?
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Old 04-14-2008, 12:28 PM
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Try Jon Norman Alfa Parts, Berkeley Calif. (510) 525-9435
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Old 04-25-2008, 06:08 PM
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I installed the IAP trailing arm bushings both front and rear. They fit just fine. IAP seems to have a mix of two brands, Powerflex and something else. I went with the Powerflex. I have a series of photos and some text on how I changed them out. I'll be posting them under my thread: Danyl's Yellow Spider.

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Old 06-29-2008, 12:34 PM
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How did you remove the old ones?!?!
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Old 06-29-2008, 01:15 PM
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I didn't. I ended up buying set of arms with good bushings on Ebay.
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Old 06-29-2008, 02:03 PM
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I think that might be the ticket because at this point, i think my bushings and trailing arm have become one in the same peice. They would not even budge under my 12 ton press!!!
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Old 06-29-2008, 04:57 PM
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I used a dremel tool to cut out the other bushings that I replaced. I did the trunion bushings the rear sway bar bushings and the tranny mount bushing. Whatever wouldn't push out got cut out. Good luck!
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How did you remove the old ones?!?!
This is a battle for most people. The method usually involves removing the rubber component, first. Some people like to burn it out. That makes a stinky mess. I drill about a half dozen holes in the rubber, then pull out the sleeve. I clamp some vice grips on it and twist. To get the collar out, many use a hack saw to saw through it. I've tried that, but never can get a nice square cut. Because of the sawing action, the cut seems to be deep on the front and rear and shallow in the center. If you're not careful with the saw, you can cut the trailing arm sleeve. I found the a die grinder works very well. Using this method, I can get a bushing out in under an hour. When using the die grinder, I run it in and out (like a sawing motion) to try and keep the cut uniform. It's best to check how things are going, often. When you start to break through the bushing collar, you will see an outline. That's the corrosion layer in the trailing arm. It's hard to see in the picture. After you have cut through the entire length, you can hammer it out.

Two of the bushings on my trailing arms came out using a press. The sleeves on the trailing arms had no rust in them. The other two had rust. It's the rust that causes them to stick in the sleeves. One of the ones that had to be cut out had these horrible chatter marks on them. I am pretty sure that this was done when the bushing was installed and not when I removed it.
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I'm lazy. IAP sells rebuilt trailing arms on exchange with new standard bushings, or empty arms for use with poly bushings. They won't exchange if you've mangled your existing arms, of course.

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This is great stuff... THank you! I actually burned on out last night. It burned forEVER and i ended up with Black rubber ash all over everything in my garage! AMazing from such a small flame!!!
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Ossodissepia... Did exactly what you have done, but I made the "Stinky Mess". And... this gets rubber ash ALL OVER EVERYTHING!!!

Nope... this rear trailing arm bushing removal is not going to happen. I've burnt out the rubber and the internal tube. I then cut through the outer casings... twice... 180 from each other... and still... these things do not want to pry out!!! It is as if they have become one with the trailing arm! I am buggering-up the arm and destryoing tools trying to get these things out. So I think I'm just going to get some new trailing arms from AIP... if not Max's Trick light-weight arms.?.? Unless... anyone has some final thoughts.?.?
Otherwise... THanks to all of you for all of the help!
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Ossodissepia... Did exactly what you have done, but I made the "Stinky Mess". And... this gets rubber ash ALL OVER EVERYTHING!!!

Nope... this rear trailing arm bushing removal is not going to happen. I've burnt out the rubber and the internal tube. I then cut through the outer casings... twice... 180 from each other... and still... these things do not want to pry out!!! It is as if they have become one with the trailing arm! I am buggering-up the arm and destryoing tools trying to get these things out. So I think I'm just going to get some new trailing arms from AIP... if not Max's Trick light-weight arms.?.? Unless... anyone has some final thoughts.?.?
Otherwise... THanks to all of you for all of the help!
Did you use a hack saw or a die grinder? If you used a hack saw, it's possible that you only cut through part of the sleeve, but on both sides. That's why I used a die grinder, I could see when I had cut through the sleeve.
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