rear axle bushes

[youngscottie]

Don't know if anyone made any of these
If your intrested there's a tech drawing on my profile of the sleaves
And here's a link to the bearings I bought. 320281686954 eBay item number

Also when the rear beam was off I ended up fitting new handbrake cables/brake pipes
And as both nipples were broken by the previous owner bothe calipers were also changed
So keep mikes number handy

[michael tierney]

just noticed on ur rear axil pic
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/attachmen...6&d=1299765646
a bit of corrosion between the arm casting and the L-shaped beam.....could be a common problem as i have a bit on mine and i hope to make a repair for it with pics
THE corrosion lifts the L-beam at the corner and could eventually break!!
Worth checking.

[michael tierney]

here's a pic of mine
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php...ictureid=10931

[Nottswoody]

I've just done my beam and bushes and dam good wire brush and paint and it's fine. It's come up a treat. I'm sure it will be fine bud it's lasted this long.

[michael tierney]

i've cut that corner out and there doesn't seem to have been a weld there so its more than likely not a prob!

[LiamR]

Can you do this with the beam on the car?

[Nottswoody]

Can you do this with the beam on the car?

I took the beam off an the garage had to burn the rubbers then air saw the bushes collapse them hammer them out grind the area clean then press them back in.. He said he would never touch them again I'd say not personally but someone might be barmy enough to hae a go.. They have just been in too long I think and all that water over the years has made them solid.. He charged me £60

[michael tierney]

Can you do this with the beam on the car?

u have to take the whole axil down.......not too big a job but the four large nuts normally wont come down because of corrosion underneath the nylon part of the nuts but can be cut with a dremel to relieve some pressure.
nuts can be got at
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3214326866...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
m12x1.25
i drilled the rubbers out and prised the centres out...then got a small hammer and screwdriver at the outer bushing sleeve. u have to cut the origional bushing inner sleeve with a hacksaw to seperate it from the main axil

[Alex]

I'm seriously thinking about doing this job over the winter as I plan on raising the rear suspension anyway. It looks like a pig of a job to me. You can buy the bushes on eBay cheaply so I might get some ordered.

[Ian S]

I nice guide with good pictures would be good for the article section.

Then a kit of parts in the shop to save people having to search eBay, etc, for them.

This is what I got from eBay from the above number: http://www.ebay.ie/sch/sis.html?_nkw...d=320281686954

Are people doing this with bearing and metal tube or using the replacement rubber?

Does the metal bearing lead to harshness, noise, vibration?

[LiamR]

eBay number for the trailing arm bush - 371148258719

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...obalID=EBAY-GB