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Pulling off my trailing arm (1/8)
5/15/08 4:56pm

82delight
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Hey Guys,

I'm looking for experienced advice on removing my trailing arm next week so I can send it off for bearing replacement. What trouble did you have, and how did you overcome it? I'd like to go into this eyes wide open.

Thanks,

Steve

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Pulling off my trailing arm (2/8)
5/15/08 6:43pm

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Hardest part for me was removal of the pivot bolt holding the arm to the frame. Had to use a hacksaw blade to cut the bolt. If you do a search you will see that this a common problem. You know, with old age and rust the bolts just don't want to come out. You might get lucky though.

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Pulling off my trailing arm (3/8)
5/15/08 8:21pm

Ten15
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Steve,

Glen is right, I had to use a sawzall on my pivot bolts.

Hit all of the hardware, especially the shock mounts with some penetrating lube for several days prior to the removal.

Make sure you take a lot of pictures & notes. This helps in your rough alignment. Between the amount of shims & the location of the strut rods, you should be pretty close when it comes time to go to the alignment shop.

Good luck,

Anthony

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Pulling off my trailing arm (4/8)
5/15/08 10:05pm

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Hint 1: Patience.

Hint 2: You may need to cut the pivot bolt out so a lot of saw blades

Hint 3: I was "finally" able to cut out the pivot bolt after I burnt out the rubber.

Hint 4: Count the shims and replace like amounts on either side of the trailing arm.

Hint 5: When replacing the pivot bolt use wire or fishing line to pull the bolt through the frame

Not too technical a job, patience, hand tools and a saws-all should get you through

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Pulling off my trailing arm (5/8)
5/15/08 10:36pm

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sorry guys, mine came off with no problem!
didnt need to cut anything. Smile

(please don't throw any rocks!) Ouch

i did hit it with a lot of penetrating oil as TEN15 said many times prior to taking them off. i would like to think that was a big help.
as he also said, take pictures.
make some sketches and notes how many shims are on each side of the trailing arm. wire them together as a set when you take them out . be sure to mark them too! this helped me alot when i put them back in.
good luck and let us know how you make out.
joe

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Pulling off my trailing arm (6/8)
5/29/08 12:19pm

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Even if your t/arms look rust free,start now soaking all moving bolts,etc. with PB Blaster.Put a good floor jack under spring at end when removing that vertical bolt.Lastly....you can't be careful enough.

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Pulling off my trailing arm (7/8)
7/12/08 11:19am

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[QUOTE=82delight]Hey Guys,

Thanks,

Steve

[/QUOTE]

Stephen, just found this post after I responded to another you had. Good stuff Thumbs%20Up

. Thanks

Guy

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Pulling off my trailing arm (8/8)
7/25/08 7:18pm

TA's and diff are out and sitting at Zips now for rebuild. Going to be costly but like one of you said it's a once in a lifetime. Next guy may get to do it 33 years from now. Just hope he can get parts down under mate LOL. Been looking over replacement parts and stock VS nonstock. Going with non-stock like the stuff from Vett Brakes Products (always have) about $900.00 worth of parts already ordered. Going to fix it right, take care.

sgm2004 AKA Guy

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