Trailing Arm Bushing labor time

Trailing Arm Bushing takes about 2.5 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 31,212 vehicle and engine combinations from 63 makes, most fall between 1.8 and 2.5 hours, and the longest take up to 3.6 hours. Genesis, Chevrolet and Ford vehicles tend to take the longest; AMC, Suzuki and Isuzu the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $270 to $375, about $375 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.

Trailing Arm Bushing time on popular vehicles

Trailing Arm Bushing time by make

Other suspension repairs

• Control Arm Bushing - Front Lower2.0 hr typical
• Knuckle/Spindle - Front2.8 hr typical
• Rear Suspension Service2.9 hr typical
• Front Suspension Rebuild8.5 hr typical
• Coil Springs - Front Pair3.3 hr typical
• Ball Joints - Upper and Lower3.5 hr typical
• Sway Bar Links - Front Pair1.4 hr typical
• Sway Bar - Front1.2 hr typical
• Sway Bar Bushing - Rear0.8 hr typical
• Strut Assembly - Front2.0 hr typical
• Sway Bar Link - Front0.8 hr typical
• Sway Bar - Rear1.2 hr typical

Hours are what a professional technician takes with the right tools, the same way shops quote jobs. Figures come from the Open Labor Project database.