NHB

Ok so I'm getting conflicting information here. I've got a 96 EK Coupe with a bent rear trailing arm. Car has drum brakes. I'm having a hard time tracking down a used replacement. I assumed from the get-go that anything 96-00 with rear disc will be incompatible since I'm not trying to do a conversion, just replacing the driver's side.

A couple of people have offered to sell me thier RTA's; one is from a 97 hatch with drums and one is from an unkown model sedan. I'm leery of the sedan RTA because I can't remember if all EX sedans came with drums or not; the guy has the part stripped all the way down, no pictures...

I'm wondering if anyone knows specifically what can and can't be swapped here. Are all 96-00 rear trailing arms with drums identical, regardless of model variant? Or am I limited to RTA's on drum bearing 96-98 Ek's only?

The manual doesn't really specify any differences, it just has a disassembly drawing for drum or disc variants.

Someone clear this up for me!

(I did some searching in recent and archives and came up with nothing but threads about snapped flange bolts or RTA bushing questions.)

pdiggitydogg

theyre all the same

NHB

Do you mean all the same within drum-bearing RTA's only, or across the board regardless of the type of brake setup? (I've never done a rear brake conversion but in the manual the mounting point aft of the bushing looks the same...)

Thnx bud!

pdiggitydogg

all 88-00 civic/integra trailing arms are identical
even drum to disc, the arms themselves are the SAME
(only difference is the hub attached - drum vs disc)