Alrighty, so for final assembly on the rear suspension (finally). First thing you have to do is install the bushing. The panhard bar could not be any more straight forward, grease the new bushing, push them in then grease the bolt sleeve and push that in. Done! The control arms are a bit trickier. They have a steel sleeve. The bushing tool I bought also comes with everything you need to install the sleeves. It has 2 spacers you put on either side of the sleeve int he LCA to keep it from crushing in, then essentially just works backwards from the removal. Again make sure you grease everything, after that you just push the bushings into the sleeve and it is ready to go. For the front torque arm mount I bought a new one, ground down the rivets that held on the stock rubber bushing, then scuffed it up, painted it and installed the polygraphite bushing. The front torque arm mount is a hop in the a$$ without a lift if you put in a single piece bushing. Since I went with polygraphite instead of straight poly it was pliable enough to install the torque arm after the bushing was installed in the clamshell. With a poly one getting the top bolt on the front mount in is a real PITA, stick with it and it will get there. Pretty basic after that, unbolt old stuff, bolt in new stuff. Again, make sure you grease it all, get the right torque specs (I used LS1 tech) and torque it all while the car is on the ground. I also changed out all of the hardware as well as the sway bar bushings and endlinks
Torque Specs:
Lower Control Arms: 87 lb/ft
Panhard Bar Bolt: 87 lb/ft
Panhard Bar nut: 55 lb/ft
Torque arm to axle: 96 lb/ft
Torque arm to transmission (top): 33 lb/ft
Sway bar brackets: 35 Ft/Lb
Say Bar links: 18 Ft/Lb
For this Post:
LCA bushings: PST POLY33136 $69.00
Panhard Bar Bushings PST POLY37106 $28.00
Torque Arm Bushings: POLY31111 $28.00
Torque arm mount: GM 10252375 EBAY $195.00
Sway bar bushings (21MM): PST POLY35145 $45.00
Sway Bar links: GM 10023178 $12.00 ($6.00 ea)
LCA Bolts: Spohn 981 $12.00
Torque Arm Bolts: Spohn 982 $22.00
Panhard Bar Bolts: Spohn 983 $11.00
Cost this post: $410.00
Total Cost: $3407.10
Labor this post: 6.75 hours
Total Labor 42.75