Trailing Arm Replacement with Pics
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Team Owner
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From: Ontario
Second try. If you have Adobe you should be able to read this.
The subject car is a 1979 L-82 owned by me moons ago and now owned by my Brother. Ron is the mechanical genius. The work was done last October. The text was prepared by my Brother and commented on by other contributors.
http://www.capitalcorvetteclub.ca/in...rm-replacement
The 1979 and my current 1974.
The subject car is a 1979 L-82 owned by me moons ago and now owned by my Brother. Ron is the mechanical genius. The work was done last October. The text was prepared by my Brother and commented on by other contributors.
http://www.capitalcorvetteclub.ca/in...rm-replacement
The 1979 and my current 1974.
Last edited by Paul L; Jan 21, 2014 at 03:37 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Lutz Florida
Ahh, memories. Did mine about four years ago.
I read the horror stories about people having to cut the bolts out. I got lucky, mine being a relatively rust free Florida car, sprayed some PB Blaster, and the bolts came right out. Not much difficulty with the shock mounts either.
Had Vansteel rebuild the trailing arms after I got them out.
Vansteel has a reputation for doing great work so hopefully they will last longer than me.
Great writeup with the photos (and tech tips).
I read the horror stories about people having to cut the bolts out. I got lucky, mine being a relatively rust free Florida car, sprayed some PB Blaster, and the bolts came right out. Not much difficulty with the shock mounts either.
Had Vansteel rebuild the trailing arms after I got them out.
Vansteel has a reputation for doing great work so hopefully they will last longer than me.
Great writeup with the photos (and tech tips).
Last edited by stock76; Jan 21, 2014 at 04:46 PM.
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Team Owner
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 30,995
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From: Ontario
Ahh, memories. Did mine about four years ago.
I read the horror stories about people having to cut the bolts out. I got lucky, mine being a relatively rust free Florida car, sprayed some PB Blaster, and the bolts came right out. Not much difficulty with the shock mounts either.
Had Vansteel rebuild the trailing arms after I got them out.
Vansteel has a reputation for doing great work so hopefully they will last longer than me.
Great writeup with the photos (and tech tips).
I read the horror stories about people having to cut the bolts out. I got lucky, mine being a relatively rust free Florida car, sprayed some PB Blaster, and the bolts came right out. Not much difficulty with the shock mounts either.
Had Vansteel rebuild the trailing arms after I got them out.
Vansteel has a reputation for doing great work so hopefully they will last longer than me.
Great writeup with the photos (and tech tips).
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Team Owner
Joined: Aug 1999
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From: Ontario
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From: Ontario
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From: Ontario
Thanks for the replies. It looks like -29C (-20F) tonight and I have a few things to do before tomorrow morning to keep my DD working. This cold is brutal.
Those of you in the NE USA be safe! Not very nice down there.
Those of you in the NE USA be safe! Not very nice down there.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Bellmore NY
Ive got a trailing arm, differential replacement, suspension rebuild project in my garage right now that is almost done. Like others, I read the horror stories of difficult to remove TA bolts, but got lucky as well.
And another thing...78-79 cars are hot stuff, especially with front and rear spoilers.