Hey Ken:
Did you ever figure out anything on this? After your initial post, the
thread seemed to fade out, without many answers. I don't have mine on
the ground yet, but would feel better if there were a bump stop on the
side with the concave indentation in the trailing arm.
Or maybe I'll just run over pot holes with the left side of the car. ;-)
On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Kenneth Brown wrote:
> Thanks for the input Joe, Tom, and others on the list, the problem is I have
> two different trailing arms:
>
> The right side is as shown in TRF's red book, with the "t" shaped pedestal
> protruding up on which you connect the rubber cone. The Left arm has a
>circular
> dish cast in the arm at approx. the same location as the aforementioned
> pedestal. It appears as if this dish is set up to be struck by a rebound cone
> attached to the body, at least that is my guess. There are no treaded holes in
> the arm or any indication that something is to be mounted on the arm.
>
> I believe the left arm is off some other LBC, which one I'm not sure. Once I
> figure that out I can probably rig up some sort of bumper system to work. the
> real question is how does this "wrong " trailing arm affect the geometry of my
> rear suspension and if so do I need to replace it.
>
> Thanks once again, any additional input is surly welcomed,
> Ken
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