# Rear Bushings on Honda

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-bushings-on-honda/6407>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-bushings-on-honda/6407 "2007-10-25T11:59:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lcampbe2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@lcampbe2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lcampbe2)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-bushings-on-honda/6407/1 "2007-10-25T11:59:03Z")

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I recently purchased a 2000 civic. I’m pretty sure the rear bushings are cracked, not broken, just cracked. How important is it to replace these? Should it be done before they break, or can it wait?

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-bushings-on-honda/6407/2 "2007-10-25T19:03:57Z")

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What bushings?

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**Author:** ![lcampbe2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@lcampbe2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lcampbe2)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-bushings-on-honda/6407/3 "2007-11-07T04:29:07Z")

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The rear suspension trailing arm bushings

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-bushings-on-honda/6407/4 "2007-11-07T06:26:05Z")

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These usually last the life of the car…