Trailing Arm Bush Failure?
What are the sympthons?
MY search on the net reveals the following:-
"Trailing arm bushes will make the back end feel as if it is stepping out while hitting bumps round corners."
"Yes the training arm bushes links the suspension arm to the body. If it goes then the rear wheels move about when cornering and going over bumps. You can feel it when hitting bumps when going round corners and tyre wear increases significantly and unevenly."
"A loud knocking from the rear, some times combined with the feeling of rear wheel stearing would suggest trailing arm bushes ( they go about 60-80,000 miles)."
"Work done today on my e36 involved both rear tracking arm bushes, one had worn so badly, this was causing loud knocking, this was also causing the rear end to jump about when going over bumps or potholes. This seems to have also caused excessive wear on the tyres, glad I didnt have alignment checked for them to tell me the bushes had gone. "
"My '86 535i is getting a dull clunking noise from the rear end on
upshifts, esp. 1st to 2nd. At times I swear you can feel something
shift around back there. The Bentley manual is a little vauge on
troubleshooting the rear suspension.... after going through the
checklist it looked like the trailing arm bushings were suspect."
"I've got an intermittent clunking/creaking sound from the rear left
side of my UK 89 320i whenever I take off and shift between 1st and 3rd gear. I say intermittent because jacking the car up on that side seems to stop the problem for a few days only for it to recur. Replacing the rear shocks and mounts hasn't solved the problem (although the car handles much better). Any ideas what the problem may be? On my E36 this was the trailing arm bushings."
"Clunk Sound at Rear When Letting Off Gas Pedal.
I had a similar problem but when I was accelerating
from dead stop. It was the trailing arm bushing."
What do you guys think ......anybody change their trailing arm bush and if so why?
What are the sympthons?
MY search on the net reveals the following:-
"Trailing arm bushes will make the back end feel as if it is stepping out while hitting bumps round corners."
"Yes the training arm bushes links the suspension arm to the body. If it goes then the rear wheels move about when cornering and going over bumps. You can feel it when hitting bumps when going round corners and tyre wear increases significantly and unevenly."
"A loud knocking from the rear, some times combined with the feeling of rear wheel stearing would suggest trailing arm bushes ( they go about 60-80,000 miles)."
"Work done today on my e36 involved both rear tracking arm bushes, one had worn so badly, this was causing loud knocking, this was also causing the rear end to jump about when going over bumps or potholes. This seems to have also caused excessive wear on the tyres, glad I didnt have alignment checked for them to tell me the bushes had gone. "
"My '86 535i is getting a dull clunking noise from the rear end on
upshifts, esp. 1st to 2nd. At times I swear you can feel something
shift around back there. The Bentley manual is a little vauge on
troubleshooting the rear suspension.... after going through the
checklist it looked like the trailing arm bushings were suspect."
"I've got an intermittent clunking/creaking sound from the rear left
side of my UK 89 320i whenever I take off and shift between 1st and 3rd gear. I say intermittent because jacking the car up on that side seems to stop the problem for a few days only for it to recur. Replacing the rear shocks and mounts hasn't solved the problem (although the car handles much better). Any ideas what the problem may be? On my E36 this was the trailing arm bushings."
"Clunk Sound at Rear When Letting Off Gas Pedal.
I had a similar problem but when I was accelerating
from dead stop. It was the trailing arm bushing."
What do you guys think ......anybody change their trailing arm bush and if so why?
