Here are some pics of the entire rear with everything out. The spring on the right still has the spring compressor installed and the one on the left does not. You can tell from those pics that this compressor is probably a must as you have to compress it quite a bit to extract the spring. The rear end is sitting on a cheap transmission jack that I purchased at Harbor Frieght (about $50).

The other pic shows the driver's side trailing arm. What you'll notice is a can of silicone lubricant and a 5/8" all-thread going through both trailing arm bushings. I found installing these bushings are a real ***** with just a c-clamp and rubber mallet, but if you use some all-thread, a couple of washers, nuts and silicone lubricant it's a piece of cake. It didn't take a whole lot of torque for my bushings, but if it seems like a lot of torque when you do it you might want to cut a 2"x4" to fit between the arms just to be sure you don't break/stress something.

The front callipers are all painted and I'm about ready to reassemble them and place them on the rotors. I'm still waiting for parts before I can complete the rear end, but I expect them to be here the first of next week.

Later,
-Tony-

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