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11-16-2010, 10:13 PM | #1 |
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trailing arm differences
I was wondering if there were any differences in trailing arm length between long and short beds
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11-16-2010, 10:24 PM | #2 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
ALL trailing arms are equal in length and interchangeable.
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11-17-2010, 12:52 AM | #3 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
thank you
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11-17-2010, 05:37 AM | #4 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
the only differance is between 1/2 and 3/4, 3/4 just had some extra sheet metal tacked to it.
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11-17-2010, 06:44 AM | #5 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
Where do you get new bushings, and how hard are they to change?
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11-17-2010, 09:57 AM | #6 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
You can get the bushings at about any Chevy parts dealer. I got mine from Early Classic Enterprises (poly). As far as changing them out, the best way to get the old ones out is to burn them out. The new ones just push back in.
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11-17-2010, 10:09 AM | #7 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
I don't have an oxy torch, so I use the drill method. I drill into the rubber part with a 3/8" or 1/2" drill depending on what bushing. Several passes, side loading the drill many times. After a while most of the bushing will be in a pile of rubber chunks. Then go after the steel shell if there is one. There is less clean up, and no fire runs. ( I nearly lit up the garage when grinder sparks found some steel wool on the bench a few months ago. )
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11-17-2010, 01:42 PM | #8 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
When doing new bushings on the arms, are a poly type better than rubber?
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11-17-2010, 01:45 PM | #9 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
I think so. You get better performance out of the polys....
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11-17-2010, 01:47 PM | #10 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
I just got a new set of trailing arms from Early Classics with rubber bushings. The way I understand it, rubber has more "give" and allows more flex in the rear. Good for comfort, maybe not so much for handling.
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11-17-2010, 04:08 PM | #11 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
Sounds good. I ask because when going over some bumps at a decent speed, it feels as if the rear shimmy's a little. It's got the extended panhard bar on it, so I don't think the rear itself is shifting, but I was hoping poly bushings would help this.
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11-17-2010, 07:12 PM | #12 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
do you have a front stabalizer bar (sway bar)? it will help eliminate some of that feel
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11-17-2010, 07:43 PM | #13 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
Nope...I sure don't. It astonishes me that this is true though because it's definitely my tail end that shimmys. I do plan on a front bar in the future, but still waiting on what I decide for the lower ca's before I take that plunge.
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Re: trailing arm differences
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Even with the stock used rubber bushings it is a HUGE improvement & my trailing arm bushings are stock & need replaced... The sway bar was the best $50 I have spent lately for my truck.
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11-17-2010, 11:03 PM | #15 |
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Re: trailing arm differences
for those with a big bench vise or their own press....but w/o a torch...I just put mine in the press and pressed the old bushings out of the shell...and then new ones back in.
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