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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Q2Ggirl
Should I just try a reliable mechanic shop?
yes.


This is all fairly basic maintenance stuff. If you feel like it, you can see the trailing arm bushing. they will be about a foot forward of the brake rotors and look this:


The metal bar is supposed to firmly secured in that rubber. More than likely that rubber is torn on either the top or the bottom, a common problem, especially with that many miles. Also when you get a quote on the bushings make sure they are replacing the bushing and not the whole trailing arm. If a shop doesn't have a good press or are just lazy they will replace the whole trailing arm and tell you thats the only way. It is not the only way, honda sells the bushings and they can be replaced without replacing the whole trailing arm.

I don't know exact prices for the axles so I'll leave that to someone else, but a good shop shouldn't charge you much more than $300 to do the axles.

Last edited by bnuk; Dec 5, 2006 at 11:04 AM.
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