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Old 01-15-2019, 08:56 PM   #1
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Trailing arm bushing question

I removed my trailing arms had them sand blasted and hit them with 2k epoxy. After i put the epoxy on i was thinking i should not have installed the bushings with the epoxy in the shell? So....that's the question, should i remove the epoxy before inserting busing or just install it??
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Old 01-17-2019, 12:25 PM   #2
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Re: Trailing arm bushing question

I would clean them up with some fine emery cloth and grease them good before installing them
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Old 01-17-2019, 12:52 PM   #3
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Re: Trailing arm bushing question

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I would clean them up with some fine emery cloth and grease them good before installing them
Do i need to go down to bare metal or just smooth out the epoxy grease and install?
Thanks for your reply
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Re: Trailing arm bushing question

well how thick in the epoxy? I am sure it will wear off over time , but if it is a rough surface you do not want it eating into your bushings, I would just take it back down to the factory set up (bare metal)
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Old 01-17-2019, 04:10 PM   #5
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well how thick in the epoxy? I am sure it will wear off over time , but if it is a rough surface you do not want it eating into your bushings, I would just take it back down to the factory set up (bare metal)
Easy enough to do when the arms are out.....Thanks
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