[6pack] Trailing Arm Pivot Bolts

[Richard Seaton]

Go with Richard Good's nylatron, I've had issues w/ one of the urethane
bushing kits offered as the bolts hole at the TA elongated after a short
 time, less than 200 MILES!


Richard Seaton




> From: auprichard at uprichard.net
> To: janah at att.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:02:45 -0400
> Subject: Re: [6pack] Trailing Arm Pivot Bolts
>
> For better performance, I'd drop the rubber and go with a sealed ball
> bearing trailing arm conversion.  This also allows for the suspension to be
> correctly four-wheel aligned - something you cannot do on a rubber or
> poly-bushed IRS Triumph.
>
> Andrew Uprichard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of John Cyganowski
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:09 PM
> To: 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: [6pack] Trailing Arm Pivot Bolts
>
> Hi All-
>
> Slow progress on the car. I am installing the Ratco coil shock and over the
> diff anti sway bar. Yes this is a resto-mod and it is going on a car that
is
> going to be pretty much stock.
>
> Anyway I have hogged out the hole in the trailing arm to fit the shock and
> now
> it is time to bolt it up and test for travel and clearance.
>
> I am planning to use hard rubber bushings in the trailing arms and the
stock
> traling arm mounts. I will re-use the stock bolts for the fit-up and
testing
> but I am thiking of replacing the trailing arm piviot bolts with grade 8
> bolts. Can anyone think of why this would not be a good idea?
>
> John Cyg
> CC52927LO
>
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