Removed Trailing arms
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Removed Trailing arms
I discovered my rear bearings on the drivers side were totally shot a couple weeks ago and the passengers side were way out of spec. The previous owner had replaced the drivers side, but had not set it up correctly. I was going to get to it sooner, but it went before I got to it.
Well since I was going to be in there anyway...... I decided to install offset Trailing arms with the new bearing assemblies. I went with Van Steel and have been real happy in the past with them. The TAs and assemblies arrived, so just needed to remove the old ones. The new TA assemblies are great looking units.
The mounting bolt usually rusts to to the steel sleeve its in and just won't come out.
The passenger side came out pretty easy, only 10 -20 minutes of beating on the bolt. But the drivers side would not budge. After a lot of effort and even trying a hammer drill on hammer setting, I resorted to the tried-and-true removal method as a last resort.
Well since I was going to be in there anyway...... I decided to install offset Trailing arms with the new bearing assemblies. I went with Van Steel and have been real happy in the past with them. The TAs and assemblies arrived, so just needed to remove the old ones. The new TA assemblies are great looking units.
The mounting bolt usually rusts to to the steel sleeve its in and just won't come out.
The passenger side came out pretty easy, only 10 -20 minutes of beating on the bolt. But the drivers side would not budge. After a lot of effort and even trying a hammer drill on hammer setting, I resorted to the tried-and-true removal method as a last resort.
