Thread: bent trailing arms

Originally Posted by INter674

bung some early Rangie ones in - they are a lot stronger...it's the cheapest option to address this 'factory' problem

Are the RRC ones the same as a D1, as in, is it a straight swap?

Originally Posted by nice1guv

Are the RRC ones the same as a D1, as in, is it a straight swap?

Yes.

...and the RRC ones are definitely stronger than the D1 ones?

Originally Posted by dullbird

funnily enough it was you......I'm guessing you dont recall me asking you this about 3 months ago.

I told you both my arms have a slight bend in them, but they were both bent/curved in the same place. your exact words were its supposed to be like that.

I had ian looking at them under the car when I contact you as he wasn't sure whether or not they should be like that....it was when we were changing the bushes that I had noticed it once both trailing arms went back on.

I just want to apologise to Phil.......Once posting this I walked out to the car and realised it was in fact NOT the Trailing arms I talked to phil about and in fact it was the outriggers ABOVE the traling arms I asked him about the curve/ bend that was there on both sides. to which he said was normal...not bends in the traling arms like I had thought.

I had totally got my self all confused...... so please disregard my comments above.

So in lue of this I'm extremely happy I don't have to get new trailing arms.

Christ I can be a numpty sometimes.

Originally Posted by dullbird

I just want to apologise to Phil.......Once posting this I walked out to the car and realised it was in fact NOT the Trailing arms I talked to phil about and in fact it was the outriggers ABOVE the trailing arms I asked him about the curve/ bend that was there on both sides. to which he said was normal...not bends in the traling arms like I had thought.

I had totally got my self all confused...... so please disregard my comments above.

So in lue of this I'm extremely happy I don't have to get new trailing arms.

Christ I can be a numpty sometimes.

Well, I'd better stop laughing then.

Radius arms / trailing arms - aren't we talking about the rear trailing arms here?

Originally Posted by nice1guv

Well, I'd better stop laughing then.

Radius arms / trailing arms - aren't we talking about the rear trailing arms here?

for christ sake I meant trailing arms stop quoting me and picking up all my mistakes now I have to go through and edit it all

Originally Posted by INter674

bung some early Rangie ones in - they are a lot stronger...it's the cheapest option to address this 'factory' problem

not from what ive seen.
i have a pair of rangie ones (off a 10 spline diff, dont know their age) the diameter of the tube is smaller as is the diameter of the pin end. these would deffinatly not be stronger than the disco ones.

cheers phil

I know for a fact that '87 RR arms aren't very strong .

Let's hope that '88 ones are stronger .