Rear Swing arm bushing replacement

[E30DriverGS]

Gonna replace the swing arm bushings with new factory rubber on my '91 318iS E30. Any blogs about "how to" for best practices to r&r bushings. Got everything apart, just looking for hints for getting old out and new in. Lube to use, silicone grease DowCorning 4? I have a hyd. press so power is not aN issue.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Geo

[2quikmotorwerks]

If you look in the diy section there is a writeup, its pretty straight forward and with you having a press even more easier

[E30DriverGS]

Thx will give it a look. Geo

[KenC]

You'll need to make a tool to get them in and out. A press doesn't help. Basically a pipe, washers and a threaded rod. There's a pic in my user gallery of ours I think. It was about $10 in stuff from home depot.

[FredK]

You can torch them out and use a press to press them back in. I use turpentine to wet the exterior of the stock rubber bushing when pressing them back in.

[jlevie]

For about $30 you can get a trailing arm bushing tool from AKG. It works a bit better than what you can cobble up with threaded rod and pipe fittings.

A hint that makes getting the old bushings out easier is use a hack saw to cut away the lip of the bushing on the outboard side. That will expose the metal of the trailing arm and give the tool a place to seat.

[StereoInstaller1]

Use Dawn dishwashing soap as a lube to assemble anything rubber, from subframe bushings to antenna grommets. Trust me on this, you will be glad you did.

Luke

[2quikmotorwerks]

^^^^^^^ this

[dogsbark26]

Really. I would have thought glycerin rather than Dawn. Don't need much.

[Thehemiman]

You can torch them out and use a press to press them back in. I use turpentine to wet the exterior of the stock rubber bushing when pressing them back in.

I did the same and it worked great for me. Punched the old ones out with a hammer/metal rod once they got hot enough and used dawn/a press to get the new ones in.