John,
One thing you can try is to grind out a piece of the
bottom of the trailing arm section of the frame. Then
weld in a vertical piece on either side of the tubes.
Then weld the piece that you cut out back in...or cut
a piece of metal to fit & weld it in. It can be done
and made to appear as if nothing had been done...ask
me how I know:-) Actually in my case both trailing
arms developed quarter size holes...which of course
turned into half dollar size after doin' a little
poking. This was closest to the lower
cruciform(t-shirt). Once completed, a bunch of POR-15
& she's as good as new. Might wanna think about
adding the gussets in the diff mounts if not already
done.
Todd Bermudez
CD198L
CF25768UO
--- John North <jnorth@novagate.com> wrote:
> Rebushing the rear suspension. When I removed the
> inner bracket from the
> trailing arm, I got a bunch of rust falling out of
> the lower hole in the
> frame. Looks like there are stiffeners in the
> frame to keep it from
> collapsing when the bracket bolts are tightened.
> Looking in the bottom
> hole, the lower part of the stiffener seems intact,
> the upper is missing,
> presumably in the small pile of rust on the garage
> floor. It looks like I
> will be OK to tighten this up without collapsing the
> frame, but any
> suggestions for preventive or enhancement measures
> while I got this apart?
>
>
>
> Any help appreciated
>
>
>
> John North
>
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