Mk1 Gs300 Trailing Arm/ No2 Arm Removal

kevsplit · February 28, 2012

Ive sourced replacement poly bushes for the trailing arms on my sport, but my question is how do you remove the rear bolt? There's what looks like a plastic bung above the bolt, does this just push up to lift the bolt out?

TigerFish · February 28, 2012

You have to lower the whole suspension crossmember, which also involves supporting the engine so that you can undo the engine mounts which are connected to the crossmember. Not a small job I'm afraid.

kevsplit · February 28, 2012

That's not the reply I wanted, doing it on my back outside the house is a no,no then!

TigerFish · February 28, 2012

That's not the reply I wanted, doing it on my back outside the house is a no,no then!

Could be a bit tricky. Never done the job myself, mine were spotted as completely shot when the car was being taken off a recovery truck when the head gasket went (I had an idea, when at a stand still with the steering turned, and just edging forward while dapping the brakes, you could feel the play through the steering). The job was done while it was having the head redone. I would guess it is probably a do-able job on axle stands and a couple of trolley jacks.