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Hazardous Trailing Arm 200 1986

Are you talking about EVERY bushing?

the track rod bushings are pretty easy, pull it off and take it too a machine shop with the new ones, in 15min they will have the new ones pressed in for you.

Same with the panhard rod bushings.

The trailing arm bushings are a bit different. BOTH also need to be pressed in. the best way to do it is this. remove the trailing arm as described in your bentley manual, now you can press out the old front bushing and install a new front bushing. The rear bushing needs to be done ON the car with a special tool. look at the link below for instruction on how to make one for about $15. It works great (the volvo tool is $200).

As for how to do it, check the archives there is usually something in there as it is rather common, or your bentley will still do, it is really a straight forward procedure.

One more tip, if you live in the rust belt like I do, YOU WILL NEED AIR TOOLS, otherwise normal hand tools will suffice, but air tools are still nice. Also, in the rust belt, you will need an air chisel to cut the old rear bushing out, since it is probably rusted in solid by now.

http://www-ese.fnal.gov/People/wilcer/volvo_trailing_arm_bushing_tool.htm

good luck
chuck
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'88 244 172K, '87 BMW 325e 174K (used to feed a '84 245, '84 244, '85 744)






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