94 trailing arms in to 90

[1morebike]

I have chance to pick up some rear trailing arms from 94 and thought since my bushings are shot and need to be replaced I thought this would be decent upgrade. My question is are the direct bolt in? I'm mean direct or like the u.c.a do they need shims are anything weird?

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I recall seeing a thread about this exact thing on 4x4 wire.

 

[1morebike]

I'm not going to do the swap as I don't really have a great spot / time to do it but I have a good relationship with my mechanic but I don't want to hand them big mess. The good news it that bushing for gen one are pretty expensive and can only come from Mitsubishi that I can find but gen two ones I can order from rock auto. I'll be upgrading my trailing arms and it will still be cheaper then if I was just to replace the existing ones. Now the question is do I buy those ome springs and do them at the same time ?

 

[Jay Ayala]

I recall seeing a thread about this exact thing on 4x4 wire.

Yup. Mongo on the 4x4wire recently went through that. Well, I guess it was over a year ago now. I had an opportunity to drive his Montero once after the upgrade. His rig is sitting on some larger shoes and we both run 33" tires. What I noticed was very little body roll on his Gen I LWB. My Gen I SWB has a ton of body roll compared to his rig. I have this on my list of upgrades.

 

[1morebike]

I tried to search for the thread over there but the wires search is not so awesome. Ih8mud needs a Montero section

 

[Toasty]

The swap is a bolt on BUT you will need to use Gen 1 upper bushings (doughnuts), they retain themselves and the Gen 2 bushings are retained by the bracket. Other than that it's a way easy swap, takes about 2 hours to do the whole thing and you can do it on flat ground. I did a write up on 4x4wire too somewhere sometime, the key to an easy install is one side at a time.

 

[1morebike]

Good to know because I'm going to replace all the bushing because why not right.

 

[1morebike]

You got link to the write up the search function on 4x4 wire is joke

 

[jeep-N-montero]

You got link to the write up the search function on 4x4 wire is joke

Take a look here https://www.google.com/search?q=mon...#safe=off&q=montero+trailing+arm+swap&spell=1

 

[1morebike]

Thanks for the link. From what I've read you use the gen 1 front bushings and it sounds like two a side then you use the gen 2 ones in the rear at two a side . so total of 8 bushings? Sound correct ?

 

[1morebike]

Side note: anyone using white line bushings? I'm thinking of giving them a shot.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Side note: anyone using white line bushings? I'm thinking of giving them a shot.

Yes, there are folks using them....