hey everybody. I posted this question on the integra board, but nobody seemed to know, so I thought I'd ask here.

Anyway, I ordered the Energy Suspension trailing arm bushing kit for a 94+ integra (#16.7106) since I have integra trailing arms from a brake swap. But Driver FX sent me the kit for a 90-93 integra instead (#16.7107). So I was wondering if anyone knows if the trailing arm bushings are the same for 90-93 tegs and 94+ tegs. I really don't want to have to return these.

thanks!

 

Tough call.. Call up honda and see what the part numbers are. Or call up ES and see if they have different ones for the 2 different generations.

 

throw up a picture of the bushings.

i bet it's the same.

btw. my trailing arm bushings are done! h:

good luck biatch!

 

bumnah... did you end up using the ES ones? How did you get them in? Details Please!

Bakeoff...ES has 2 different part #s for the older and newer ones (the #s in the first post). I'll try honda tomorrow or the day after. Boulder/denver is completely shut down from a blizzard.

They look roughly the right size, but its impossible to tell for sure because the lip of the ES bushing is a little oversized. I also don't want to take them out of the package until I know if its the right one, so I can return it if I need to.

 

truthfully one of the easiest bushings to put in. yes, I did use the ES kit. I decided I would toy with them to see if I could do the install, and if I had problems I'd just overnight the Prothane inserts.

How i did 'em: i took out my handy dandy drill. I started drilling the rubber piece that is molded to the center roud pin. I drill all that rubber and got the middle pint and a good chunk of the rubber loose. Now all I had left was the rubber around the outer sleeve. On my bushings I had the outer sleeve and another piece of metal on each side. I then again pulled out the drill, and drilled the rubber and removed the metal plates on each side. Now all i had left was the rubber attached to the outer metal sleeve. I went to my local performance shop (Home Depot) for help. I was told the only way to do it was to cut the rubber away. I tried this for about 20 mins, and noticed I was going no where fast. So I decided to focus on the middle pins rubber first. I took the metal piece to my friend house who hand a bench grinder with wire wheel. We turned it on, and just put the pin up to it and see what happens. It was removing the rubber pretty quickly. But left a horrible mess and scent. But the results were awesome. So i had him grind up all the metal on the pins. Took him about 20 mins a pin to do, but they were perfect, and very bling bling.

I used the same method. I got a wire brush attachment for my drill, and just started grinding. It's only hard when you first start.

Over all pretty cake.

I just have the bushings for my ITR rear lca's left, and those look like they'd be the biggest bitch to do. so blah.

 

Bumnah, awesome detailed explanation. I guess a wire wheel might someday see its way into my future for the "bling bling" factor. Thanks.

 

thanks bumnah, but I've already figured out the removal. (after I attacked it with the dremmel the whole neighborhood smelled like burnouts) I used a chisel and a sharpened screwdriver [homemade mini-chisel] to remove most of the rubber and got the rest with the dremel

I was wondering more about the install. How did you get the new ones in?

 

Axle grease. Tons of it. I pushed the side with the writing on it in. It was easier if i put it on that side. Just grease up the sleeve and the bushings real good. and then just put your body weight into it. It popped in within 10 seconds.

I also just greased up the inner sleeve real good and pushed that in also. It said to take measurement of the inner sleeve according to the directions. I just remember to keep the oval hole on the outside, and I measured the end of the middle sleeve to the trailing arm and it was like 62 centimeters or something. And slide it in till it look right and took a measurement and I was pretty close. I'm just gonna have the guy who's doing the alignment fix it if it's off. Those directions weren't too clear so I didn't really sweat it too hard.

I just hope it bolts back up no problem.

I've got pix of the bushings and stuff here.

 

Your link isn't working for me. So I can just force that thing in by pressing on it with my fat ass? So will I need more grease than the kit provides? Should I go out and buy some more?

Thanks.

 

i never use the grease they give me. i dip everything into axle grease. No problems at all... i bought like a tub of axle grease for $4 from trash auto. Using it still.


BTW. My trailing arm kit for the Civic trailing arms was 16.7106G,
fixed the link also.