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Jeff
2025-08-19 10:24:10
I tore out a very old retired trailing arm bushing on my ford focus wagon thinking the stock one would be easy to replace. That was a mistake. What I ended up doing was burning out the rubber of an oe replacement bushing and using a wire wheel to remove the rest of the rubber on the sleeve and center pin. I then painted them to prevent rust. I then rented a ball joint press from Autozone and used that to press the sleeve into the trailing arm. It went in like butter! Then i pressed this bushing into the sleeve and it went in like butter! It has a lip on the end of it so it won't come out. Then I pressed the pin in with my hands so its not extremely difficult. Then I bolted the trailing arm back together and the car rides so much better!The hardest part of this job was cutting off the bolt and nut from the lower control arm as it was seized into place. Maybe it's a good idea to replace those bushings too with prothanes kit. But I'm gonna call this job done for now and I would recommend this bushing and try replacing it the way I did. You'll find it easier than replacing the oe bushing into the trailing arm.
D Rinesmith
2025-01-05 14:55:40
I have a 2004 Ford Focus. On early-model Focuses (foci?) the rear trailing arm bushing needs to be pressed out and the new one pressed in, which usually requires you to remove the entire trailing arm, no easy feat as it has three suspension arms and a shock and the spring mounted to it. Plus, you have to make sure the new bushing is set at the right position before you push it back in.On my car the rubber had broken loose and was deteriorating. So what I did was take the old rubber out, along with the metal dogbone in the center of the bushing. I cleaned out the inside of the old bushing sleeve and cleaned off the dogbone. Then I lubed this new bushing and shoved it into where the old bushing had been, and pushed the dogbone into the hole (it will be a very tight fit, you might have to whack it with a mallet).Car handles smoothly and I don't even know it's on there.
David C. Long
2024-12-22 14:45:17
See my review on dorman M630268 brake master cylinder
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