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Author: | Wombat [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:16 am ] |
Post subject: | Rear trailing arms |
Do you have to remove the rear subframe to remove the rear trailing arms? |
Author: | lil-ute [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:18 am ] |
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no just undo the bolts on the end |
Author: | Wombat [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:21 am ] |
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Thanks - been procrastinating on doing the swingarm bearings cause I wasn't looking foreward to pulling the subframe out ![]() |
Author: | TheMiniMan [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:22 am ] |
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David,,, Remover the lower shocky mounting nut & undo the bracket on the outer end of the trailing arm i...st held on with 4 bolts,,, 2 underneath & 2 vertically just inside near the end of the trailing arm please don`t get confused with the subframe mounting bolts,,, don`t undo those & then you will want to undo the nut at the inner end of the trailing arm with the brake cable & brake hose both undone you should be able to rip the thing outa there ![]() easy-peasy |
Author: | Wombat [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:28 pm ] |
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Question - if the arm is out of alignment cause it's hit the gutter hard at some time will new bush etc fix that or will the subframe be out of wack as well? |
Author: | rampage101 [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:45 pm ] |
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Really depends, it be one or the other, could be both. |
Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:50 pm ] |
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Sometimes the cast steel arms bend, sometimes the subby. If it's miles out of whack find another arm. Is it the Moke? or Mini... |
Author: | Wombat [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:55 pm ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: Sometimes the cast steel arms bend, sometimes the subby.
If it's miles out of whack find another arm. Is it the Moke? or Mini... No it's the Mini - when I first got it I did up the brakes and put new shockers on and when the new tyres went on they rubbed on the shocker - I added a spacer (centre out of a brake drum) to give me a thin finger clearance. Now I'm planning to do the bushes I figure I may as well try and get to the bottom of the problem. |
Author: | TheMiniMan [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:52 pm ] |
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Dave if it`s hit the gutter then it`s probably all out of whack,,, the arm, the subframe & if the hit was big enough then the body is probly bent too i would replace the arm with a known good one (will need a jig to know for sure tho) & then any other correction needed can be don`r by modifying the outer bracket,,, if it`s still very bad then sometimes i`ve had to modify the inner hole on the frame & re-adjust the outer to suit It all can be a bit of a pain to correct ,,, but well worth the effort to repair,,, not onlky will you have confidence in it`s handling, more so in wet weather,,, but also you won`t be spending silly sums of money continuall replacing worn tyres on the corner ![]() |
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