1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install - Trailing Arm Install

The finishing touch for the driver side trailing arm was to reattach the shock absorber, and tighten the nut on the lower bracket.

Not assuming the passenger side would be the same story as the driver's, Steve discovered the U-bolts would unbolt instead of having to be cut, which would have consumed more time.

The time gained on the right side U-bolts was lost to having to repair, and fit the trailing arm. Steve used a ball-peen hammer to compress the bushing narrower.

A mallet was used to help drive the Early Classic trailing arm into the mounting bracket on the crossmember.

To align the hole to install the mounting bolt through the mounting bracket a pin punch was wiggled-in.

This allowed the mounting bolt to easily slide through and tighten down.

Things moved fast once both of the Early Classic trailing arms were connected to the crossmember. After pulling everything into alignment, Steve buzzed the U-bolt down with an impact wrench.

The finishing touch was to tighten down the lower shock absorber.

From start to finish, including all of the time that was needed to cut off rusted bolts and parts it took Steve less than two hours to install the Early Classic Enterprises trailing arm kit.