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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ ALignment & corner balance reveals bent traling arm

Posted by: echocanyons Apr 30 2009, 11:21 AM

Things were going great, the car is running good, got new tires and the car feels very balanced and solid.

In preparation for the WCR (and after getting new tires and replacing the rear suspension) I had a full alignment and corner balance done.
I was supposed to pick it up today and I get a call that they can't bring the right rear into spec. So must be a bent trailing arm.

I had previously noticed a bit more than usual neg camber to the passenger side trailing arm and am not to suprised, but still another freakin hangup.

I haven't seen how far off spec it is but what would be an acceptable variance, without eating up tires.

My alternative is yanking the T/A and swapping the bits from the bent arm to a spare that I have (I new my 2-3 tons of extra parts would come in handy ).

The other problem is that I am limited in time, I leave town for a conference this weekend and work until the WCR, how long of a job do you think swapping a trailing arm would be?

Either way it's looking like the right rear will not be aligned professionally before the WCR.

At least it wasn't all bad, the good news was it was within 3lbs of being perfectly balanced before he even touched it.

Posted by: rhodyguy Apr 30 2009, 11:33 AM

don't track it, or push it too hard. drive to california, have a fun time, and fix it upon your return home. jmho.

k

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 30 2009, 11:35 AM

Drive it for now and replace later ...
Andy

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 30 2009, 12:03 PM

If you have the tools and the parts you can do the swap in a few hours! But I agree with others that you should fix it later and do the "while I am in here" stuff at the same time! I had to do the same thing, bent trailing arm, and when I got the arm off the suspension ear was ovaled and needed to be welded up and re drilled!

Not my photos but you get the idea!

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