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Rear Wheel Bearings...
I was browsing the Vansteel website and saw the section titled "removal instructions". I read through it and it appears to say I can remove the rotors and calipers and e-brake. Then I can remove the 4 nuts and pull the assembly from the trailing arm (?)...I want to take the assemblies to a pro shop and have the wheel bearings replaced, so it would be nice if it's that simple to remove without removing the trailing arms.. What am I missing here? I hear different things so just trying to sort it out. I was told that the trailing arms come right out and I've seen the front bushing area. On the other hand, I have read and heard that it is a nightmare (why?). I do understand that I'll need an alignment afterward. My aim is to have a nice rear end (ok..I get the pun)...I see lots of bushings on the links and such. I know the t/a bushing needs to be pressed on but are the others simple or do they all need to be pressed? I have a terrible case of the "while I'm at it"s....
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I was browsing the Vansteel website and saw the section titled "removal instructions". I read through it and it appears to say I can remove the rotors and calipers and e-brake. Then I can remove the 4 nuts and pull the assembly from the trailing arm (?)...I want to take the assemblies to a pro shop and have the wheel bearings replaced, so it would be nice if it's that simple to remove without removing the trailing arms.. What am I missing here? I hear different things so just trying to sort it out. I was told that the trailing arms come right out and I've seen the front bushing area. On the other hand, I have read and heard that it is a nightmare (why?). I do understand that I'll need an alignment afterward. My aim is to have a nice rear end (ok..I get the pun)...I see lots of bushings on the links and such. I know the t/a bushing needs to be pressed on but are the others simple or do they all need to be pressed? I have a terrible case of the "while I'm at it"s....
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I was able to remove the bearing assemblies from my trailing arms (one bearing assembly at a time... they did not fail together). on-car and took them to Van Steel for rebuilding when I lived in Tampa Bay. Great work. They installed the stainless e-brake hardware during the rebuild.
Curious, how did you bolt the bearing assembly to the TA with the parking brake hardware installed?
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I was browsing the Vansteel website and saw the section titled "removal instructions". I read through it and it appears to say I can remove the rotors and calipers and e-brake. Then I can remove the 4 nuts and pull the assembly from the trailing arm (?)...I want to take the assemblies to a pro shop and have the wheel bearings replaced, so it would be nice if it's that simple to remove without removing the trailing arms.. What am I missing here? I hear different things so just trying to sort it out. I was told that the trailing arms come right out and I've seen the front bushing area. On the other hand, I have read and heard that it is a nightmare (why?). I do understand that I'll need an alignment afterward. My aim is to have a nice rear end (ok..I get the pun)...I see lots of bushings on the links and such. I know the t/a bushing needs to be pressed on but are the others simple or do they all need to be pressed? I have a terrible case of the "while I'm at it"s....
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Hmmm.good stuff guys....so what I figure is that the nightmare comes if the bolt through the front bushing is tough. Hmmmm...I suppose I could try loosening it and if it gives then I go the rest of the way. I have a California car so rust has not been bad at all.
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lucky me...
So I took 5 minutes out of my day,,,Squirted some wd40 on the front trailing arm bolt and the nut came off real easy. Hmmmmm..used a socket extension and a hammer and the bolt started to ease out just as easily. I stopped 'cause I only had the 5 minutes...my plan is now to pull the ta's and have the bearings replaced, change all my bushings and try to clean up the underneath. Only trouble is finding time to work on it. So far that's been the hardest part.
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OK Now it looks like I'll be rebuilding the rear suspension...
I am going to take the bearing assemblies to a pro and have the TAs bead blasted and painted. Really bending the budget here...going shopping for bushings etc..