Rear suspension

[Loren]

AND129, I think you know this by the fact that you mentioned being careful not to lift the car at this point, but it's worth mentioning for the sake of others that putting a jack under the center of the beam axle is a bad idea. It can be bent in that manner.

Neat that you were able to do this without pulling the shock bolts and removing the springs. Probably a toss-up as to which way is actually easier. (only two bolts to drop the shocks and it should make the whole process of fitting those pivot bolts a lot easier)

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by Loren

AND129, I think you know this by the fact that you mentioned being careful not to lift the car at this point, but it's worth mentioning for the sake of others that putting a jack under the center of the beam axle is a bad idea. It can be bent in that manner.

Neat that you were able to do this without pulling the shock bolts and removing the springs. Probably a toss-up as to which way is actually easier. (only two bolts to drop the shocks and it should make the whole process of fitting those pivot bolts a lot easier)

I would highly reccomend removing the shock bolts. I tried to do this without doing so being lazy and it costed me 30 minutes of fighting with the bolt hole and cursing and after simply just removing the shock bolts and taking out the springs it was bolted in place a few minutes later. Because of the tension one side of the bushing will line up while the other will not. I was able to get one in without removing the bolts but required assistance of another person usinga pry bar to get the inner bushing lined up while i jammed in the bolt from the outer side.