[TR] TR4A trailing arms

[Anthony Rhodes]

The holes are not wonderful.  I am the one who did it.  Actually they ARE keenserts that I personally installed with the Patton kit.  

At the time I did not realize that the original holes were not well aligned in the "lugs". So the TA and the stud circle are not co-axial. This resulted in 1 or maybe 2 of the drilled holes for the keenserts having a small break-through in the inner wall of the TA.  

This was done 2 years ago, and probably 2000 miles ago with no obvious problem.  

BUT it has been nagging me and I feel that it is less than 100% perfect and the opening can allow water ingress and set up corrosion causing long term problems.  I did apply JB weld to the perforation to try to seal it but that is not really a "repair". I would really HATE for the hub to separate from the TA!!!!

So I think it is better to proactively work to make the TAs right 

-Tony

Sent from my 1837 Babbage Analytical Engine

> On Oct 4, 2018, at 11:06 AM, Jack McGahey <McGaheyRx at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> Just how bad are the  stud holes in the ones you have?
> They’d have to be pretty bad to not be repairable - whatever trailing arm goes back on the car should have keenserts or helicoils installed in those holes - so you’d be drilling out significantly larger holes - especially if you fit larger studs and use keenserts (if I remember correctly, keenserts require a larger hole than helicoils)
> Of course you would need this:
> http://www.pattonmachine.com/TAK.htm
> 
> Cheers,
> Jack Mc
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:31 AM, Anthony Rhodes <spamiam at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I am looking to buy a pair of trailing arms for a TR4A.  My studs are in bad shape and I am looking for replacement arms with decent studs.  I will likely fit the Goodparts axles with 3/8" studs so the studs themselves currently in the replacement arms are not critical.  The aluminum of the trailing arms does need to be in good shape.  
>> 
>> Does anyone know of some trailing arms that I can buy!
>> 
>> -Tony
>> 
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