This is a timley subject. I had my trailing arms off today to replace my bushings, I have these from Pelican (see pic)

These have a metal sleeve on them, I don't know why. The metal sleeve will not fit into the trail arm bore. If I remove the metal sleeve, the rubber bushing will fit the arm snugly, however the rubber bushing is only half the length of the original ones. The original ones would touch in the center of the trailing arm, the entire shaft area had rubber and a metal sleeve attached to the washer. The replacements will leave a gap between the 2 sides. I can only find 1 part number for this bushing, 901 331 059 00.

Anyone know the deal here?

Ed

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First the good news. There is nothing wrong with the bushings, you need to press them into the trailing arms with the metal sleeves intact. :)

Now the bad news. You're buying another set. You will never get the rubber back into the sleeve. :(

Thanks Chuck. I only took 1 apart.

I did a search last night, I need to remove the old sleeves from the trailing arms and then press the new ones in, right?

Regards,
Ed

Do the elephant racing spring plate and trailing arm bearings increase vibration or noise at all?

Steve

Ed, you are correct. The old sleeves must come out.

Steve, no significant change in noise or vibration.

Well looks like you guys convinced me, ive ordered the elephant racing spring plate bushings and trailing arm monoballs.

While im waiting for my order from pelican ive made a start on stripping my trailing arms and spring plates to get them painted up. once I got my spring plates off I noticed some rust in the torsion tube ends where the bushing fits. In the elephant racing installation guide it says to lubricate the outer poly sleave with soapy water to help get it in. Would it not be better to use a silicolne type sealent? This will give good lubrication when fitting and will also serve to seal around the poly sleve to prevent future rust formation?

Steve