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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by Tott61 » Fri May 28, 2021 2:37 pm

I have some replacement bushes that I purchased some years ago.Re the bolts I have found the right dimensions on eBay which are 8.8 steel.
Will these be ok
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by Kit » Fri May 28, 2021 2:50 pm

Tott61 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:37 pm
 I have some replacement bushes that I purchased some years ago.Re the bolts I have found the right dimensions on eBay which are 8.8 steel.
Will these be ok
Grade 8.8 steel, is the general grade of steel used in all structural Steelwork fixing, so yes :)

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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by jrh » Fri May 28, 2021 4:08 pm

Don't forget , the plain, unthreaded length should support the bush sleeve, then cut the threaded excess off later.
You may need to drill the hole in the special washer a shade bigger too.
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by david_toft » Sat May 29, 2021 8:53 am

I measured those long bolts on my car and they are
M12 x 1.25 x 230 long, so metric fine.
My problem is getting them out of the hub where they have rusted in, any suggestions please.
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by Kit » Sat May 29, 2021 9:46 am

A bit of heat :idea:

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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by jrh » Sat May 29, 2021 9:57 am

Try the easy way first.
Buy the best penetrating oil you can afford , spray into every crack you can see where the bolt goes into the casting holes. Leave for 12 hrs.
Do it all again.
Next day , start hammering . More oil . more hammer.
If it only moves a fraction. Stop, more oil. Hammer it BACK to where it was. More oil.
More hammer, backwards, forwards, etc. etc.
Movement is what you want to see.
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by Jon G 24V » Mon May 31, 2021 2:01 am

I’ve just removed all of the Rear Arms from my MX6.
Yes they were rusty and yes they were a pain but lots of WD40 and working the Bolts backwards and forwards and they should come out OK.
Now the long bolts that go though the Bottom of the Hub for the Lateral Arms, they are a B***h to get out but I still didn’t shear any off,
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by fanman » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:25 pm

Would these do the trick?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265192467473 ... SwVgVgwyDK
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by jrh » Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:03 am

NO, NO, NO.
At £43 each they are way over spec.
Ordinary bolts are plenty strong enough to do the job , just look on ebay at ALL the M12 options , there is one there somewhere.
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Re: Trailing Arm Bushes

Post by fanman » Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:54 pm

I know...but they are so pretty!! :D
I guess this is much more practical :( :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264913311129
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