Energy Suspension Urethan Trailing Arm Bushings Installation?

ASSISTANCE Suspension, Brakes & Wheels
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I purchased these awhile ago and decided to finally look at putting them in. What I noticed is their just the outer bushings. They don’t have the metal bracket in the center. I’m guess I have to cut the metal bracket out and use it on the inside of the urethane bushings?

Anyone used these b4? I’m lost.

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You need to reuse your old hardware for them. I just ordered my set and will be doing the same thing.

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I just installed mine last summer and you have to use ur factory center bracket and the factory outer sleeve. Tip: Try to save enough factory rubber on the center bracket to have a good tight fit on the ES bushing. I cut the rubber out around the outer sleeve and dremel grinded it clean. The ES bushings where an extremely tight fit into the trailing arm too. It took a while to get them to press in straight. I made a tool out of 2 flat metal plates with holes in the center and long bolt going all the way through and squeezed them in. Good Luck

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Actually, I’m not so sure you want to save rubber on the center pin… Mine was already a good tight fit, and having rubber there will will prevent the pin from rotating.

Good advice on the homemade tool, I did something similar with two pieces of flat aluminum and a long bolt.

Good tip to quickly get rid of the rubber bits after cutting:
Take a propane torch (or acetylene) and burn a thin layer of the rubber. You’ll know when the rubber is ready when it turns darker and becomes dry. Take a course metal file and file the dark rubber (I used a semi-round body work file). The file will chew through the dried rubber FAST. Repeat the process. Don’t try to burn through too much at once. Its more efficient to burn a thin layer and file it off before burning some more.

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And dont use petrolium base oils to lub the bushings since they make the bushings swell.

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there is a big thread on this ===>[search]

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Here,just made my DIY on this. http://forums.g2ic.com/showthread.php?208034-DIY-Energy-susp-Trailing-arm-bushing-inst

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I just tried the link that you posted and here is the error that popped up…

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Yeah the mods deleted it cause there’s already a thread made for it.http://forums.g2ic.com/showthread.php?192471-Replacing-RTA-Bushings-Using-Energy-Suspension&highlight=Energy+Suspension

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Thanks a lot