Offset trailing arm or not?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Des Allemands LA
Offset trailing arm or not?
Couldn't get an answer in the other section so here it is. Nothing tricky. Can someone tell me if this is an off set trailing arm? It appears to me that it is but without something to compare it to I don't know for sure. I believe someone has done some work to the rearend of my car before I bought it. The halfshafts are 3" and it appears the yoke on one or both ends has been changed. It's a 76 coupe, I don't have the vin handy, but can someone shed some light on this?
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St. Jude Donor '05
Was the car on the ground (looking at the tire it appears that it was) or did you jack it up a little to take this photo ? Your half shafts seem to be angled down towards the wheel. You should be worried about U-joint wear with the half shafts at that angle. There is a lot of thread left on that spring bolt to get the rear down and the shafts parallel to the ground... 
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Burning Brakes
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From: Des Allemands LA
Thanks alot Steve that was all I needed to know, I'm getting ready to clean/replace alot of that stuff back there so I'm trying to plan ahead. Thanks for the pic as well.
Steve
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Originally Posted by ltlevil
Thanks alot Steve that was all I needed to know, I'm getting ready to clean/replace alot of that stuff back there so I'm trying to plan ahead. Thanks for the pic as well.
Steve
Steve
Steve, what's the specs on the car? Just curious I havn't seen it around.
