- Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:33 pm
#315888
I went to install new trailing arm bushings on the 95 VX I just picked up, and it did not go well.
I used this tool:
On my CRX it worked fine, put in some new OEM bushings and things were good (besides trashing a 3/8 socket wrench by cranking it with a 4 foot pipe, oops).
This time around I'm using 1/2 socket wrench and breaker bar. The thing is, though, the tool doesn't fit the Moog bushings I bought as well as the OEM ones. In fact it just pushed the bushing in at a weird angle and I wound up warping the trailing arm (and the tool, a little bit). I was wailing on it caveman-style and before I realized it I had really messed up the arm.
So now I need to replace the whole trailing arm. Shouldn't be a problem finding one at a yard. My question is about the brakes. The VX has drums and I plan to keep them. (Here is a pulse-racing sexy drum-brake shot.)
Any suggestions about how to remove the brake line from the old arm and attach it to the new one? I know I have to unhook the parking brake line too. My goal is to accomplish this without all my brake fluid running out and having to service the master cylinder or something godawful like that.
I used this tool:
On my CRX it worked fine, put in some new OEM bushings and things were good (besides trashing a 3/8 socket wrench by cranking it with a 4 foot pipe, oops).
This time around I'm using 1/2 socket wrench and breaker bar. The thing is, though, the tool doesn't fit the Moog bushings I bought as well as the OEM ones. In fact it just pushed the bushing in at a weird angle and I wound up warping the trailing arm (and the tool, a little bit). I was wailing on it caveman-style and before I realized it I had really messed up the arm.
So now I need to replace the whole trailing arm. Shouldn't be a problem finding one at a yard. My question is about the brakes. The VX has drums and I plan to keep them. (Here is a pulse-racing sexy drum-brake shot.)
Any suggestions about how to remove the brake line from the old arm and attach it to the new one? I know I have to unhook the parking brake line too. My goal is to accomplish this without all my brake fluid running out and having to service the master cylinder or something godawful like that.
95 VX in long-term rehab