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1. Chock the front wheels
2. Jack up rear of car and put it on jack stands (Don't work
under the car unless it is supported by jack stands!!)
3. Remove rear wheels
Looking at the suspension on the right side of the car, we
can see the culprit. In my case, you can see that part of
bushing is blown out.
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| Here is another view from the bottom of the car.
The front of the car is to the left |
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| I then went over to the left side of the car and
started to remove that arm first. I noticed that the arm is
in a bit of tension as the trailing arm is hanging from the
car now. I found it easiest to remove the arm without that tension,
which I relieved by: |
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4. Place a bottle jack under the rear-most end of the trailing
arm and lifting that arm
CAUTION: As I jacked up the trailing arm, it was now carrying
all the weight on that rear corner of the car and the vehicle
was now OFF that jack stand!! I extended the jack stand to
make sure the car was just beginning to rest on it again.
Do not work under the car unless it is supported by the jackstand!!!
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| 5. Once that tension has been relieved, as can
be seen in the picture, note that the two bolts are very closely
aligned now, You can now remove the two bolts holding things
together very easily. |
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| You will need to put a wrench on the top nut to
remove the inboard bolt . Note that this photo was taken on
the right side of the car, whereas other photos were from the
left. |
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6. Once you have both bolts out, you can pull the pitman
arm and replace it with the new one. Put the two bolts in
and tighten them up.
7. Get the car back on the ground. Replace the tires and torque
the lug nuts to spec.
8. Make sure to torque the two bolts of the pitman arm to
94 ft. lbs. per the manufacturer's instructions now that the
suspension is bearing weight.
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