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10 Trailing arm rubber bush -
renewal
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1 A worn trailing arm rubber bush may be
renewed in the following way.
2 Raise the rear of the car and support
securely on axle stands placed under the
body side-members or sill jacking points.
3 Remove the roadwheels.
4 Unscrew and remove both pivot bolts
which hold the forward ends of the trailing
arms to the body brackets.
5 Pull the trailing arms downward out of the
body brackets.
6 A two-legged puller may be used to press
the old bush out and to force the new one in.
Smear the bush with soapy water or brake
fluid to facilitate fitting.
7 Reconnect the trailing arms to the body
brackets. Use jacks if necessary to push the
arms upwards into the brackets.
8 Tighten the pivot bolts to the specified
torque, but only when the car has been
located with four occupants or the equivalent
plus 40 kg (88 lb) of luggage.
11 Rear suspension -
removal and refitting
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1 Raise the rear of the car, support it securely
and remove the rear road wheels.
2 Unhook the brake pressure regulating valve
arm tension spring from its bracket.
3 Disconnect the handbrake cables from the
brake backplate levers.
4 Disconnect the flexible brake hose at its
junction with the rigid pipeline adjacent to the
pressure regulating valve. Cap the open ends
of hose and pipe.
5 Support the trailing arms and then
disconnect the shock absorber upper
mountings.
6 Unbolt the trailing arm forward end support
brackets from the body, lower the complete
rear suspension and withdraw it from under
the car.
7 Refitting is a reversal of removal, but tighten
the trailing arm pivot bolts to the specified
torque only when the car is loaded with four
occupants and 40 kg (88 lb) of luggage
(photo).
8 Bleed the brakes as described in Chap-
ter 8.
Suspension 11•5
Fig. 11.9 Removing trailing arm pivot bolt
(Sec 10)
Fig. 11.8 Rear suspension components (Sec 8)
11.7 One side of the rear suspensionFig. 11.11 Handbrake cable and lever at
brake backplate (Sec 11)
Fig. 11.10 Method of renewing trailing arm
bush (Sec 10)
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1 Trailing arm bracket
2 Axle beam
3 Buffer
4 Shock absorber top mounting
5 Coil spring
6 Shock absorber
7 Stub axle
8 Hub