Was driving along a back road hit a big bump then next little bump snap the lca is digging into the ground . I still have to jack the car up and further inspect but off the bat can anyone tell me if on the other side the nut is welded to the trailing arm/spindle ?. And any tips for removing it figure i'll just get a new bushing and bolt then I should be set. it's a 99x with drum brakes, lowered w/skunk2 springs+struts stock lca.

 

The nut is welded into the rear trailing.A part of the bolt protrudes to the other side of the nut and you may grab it a vise grip. Or insert a nut and weld it onto the bolt so you can easily turn it. Or use a drill and an extractor, or cut away that welded nut and just replace the bolt and nut.

 

That bushing is not listed separately, you have to buy the whole arm. This part number may work however: 52365-SH3-000 It's for a '92 - '95 Civic, I can confirm it definitely works on a '97 - '01 CR-V (which also don't have a listing for that bushing) but I haven't tried it on a '96 - '00 Civic.

 

Ok I'll look into droning the old nut off too cold to fight with it lol. well I'm trying to avoid taking the whole arm off cause the subframe to LCA bolt is rusted too. I meant like just grab some hard race bushings and use those, trying to get this thing on the road asap.

 

You're still going to have to take the arm off to press in hardrace bushings unless you get lucky and manage to drive them in with a gear puller.

 

So the portion of the trailing arm that has the bolt welded on got ripped off too , guess i'll find some integra rears or something...will post a few pics

 

Cut the welded nut off and replace it with a grade 8 nut and a lock washer and new bolt.... I went throught 8-10 cut off wheels with my dremel....

 

If the if only one side is torn and the rest of trailing arm is still good, just weld a piece of flat bar in there. Then use a drill to make a hole on the flat bar making the drill bit pass to the remaining hole so you can make an aligned hole on the other side.


If only you were nearby, i'd give this extra trailing arm to you

 

thing is fucked no way I can salvage it am currently removing the toe arm/bushing bolts.

 

Mmm, crispy!