Rear trailing arm bushing starting to seperate

[__raj]

Hi I went in for a $30 dealer oil change and got an estimate/opinion that my rear trailing arm bushings are separating at 55k miles. One apparently has popped out a bit. They explained new england salt eats them? The estimate is $500+ from the dealer to replace both.

 

How do I look at them myself? Where are they located, does anyone have a diagram showing where they are?

[Underdog]

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/2446/rearsuspensionservicemaru2.jpg

 

Trailing Arm is item 11, bushing is item 13. The reason the price is high is the labor. You have to remove the trailing arm to press in new bushings, which is an involved process.

 

When I put in the spec.B aluminum trailing arms, the labor was roughly that ($500).

[__raj]

Thanks a lot!!. I tried peeking and it looks like car needs to be on lift. One side feel like it moved but cannot verify that really without visual of it.

 

I have absolutely no noticeable symptoms of a problem but I am secondary driver of the car.

[ronzo_the_great]

underdog, you said you put spec B trailing arms on your lgt. is that a noticeable upgrade?

[whitetiger]

it would only be noticeable at the bleeding edge of track performance due to the reduction of unsprung weight. a very small part of a much larger setup including all other suspension components. its more of a bling thing on a daily driver.

[ronzo_the_great]

ohh i see, thanks for clearing that up