Is it possible to change inner trailing arm bushing without removing the whole arm?

[tdskip]

Sorry if I missed earlier discussions (I did search) but it would be a big help if there was an approach to renewing that inner bushing wihout having to drop the whole assembly or transmission support...

Thanks guys.

[mreid]

I'm confused as to what you are asking? You don't have to drop the tranny mount, but you do have to remove the arm as the mounting bolt goes through the bushing.

[john walker's workshop]

so sorry.

[gsxrken]

Yes it is. Just did both on my turbo this summer. You'll need to undo the brake line and maybe loosen the trans mount or buy an offset 22mm wrench but it can be done. Heat the arm to about 200*F.
Air tools will help immensely to deform the bushing shell, then get a socket that fits in the arm bore and pound the other half out the other side.
You can c-clamp or use the bolt and some washers to press the bushings back in. Use heat again.

[Walt Fricke]

Also depends on which way the bolts through the bushing face. If the nut is on the most open end, you can't get the bolt out the other side. So either you have to pull the engine and transmission, or you remove the nut, push the bolt out a ways, hack saw or otherwise cut the bolt head off, and then pull it out the other side. The new bolt goes in the other way around.

I've gotten these out by driving a thin chisel or sharp punch through the steel jacket and prying.

Bigger question is why do this? If you can't wiggle things due to the rubber in the bushing having turned to powder or otherwise MIA, the gain from new bushings, or fancier bushings, is minimal. The rubber part is quite thin, not at all like the torsion bar bushings here and there which can wear and get thinner and off center and so on.

[tdskip]

Hi guys, thanks for the responses. My bushings are dry, crumbling snd mostly gone so they do need to be replaced. I was just trying to save some effort, I wasn't bright enough to do these when I changes e big outer one that is all.