I to had a crack in the same place on my 4A. I had it repaired and have
crack checked it since with no trouble. the arm is so beefy I dought it
would fail but its not a bad idea to check these things reguarly. peace of
mind. Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <mikee@ragtops.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:35 AM
Subject: re; TR6 trailing arms
> FOTers,
> Speaking of TR6 trailing arms, we've had a recent run of cracked
> trailing arms. They seem to crack through the web below the wheel
> bearing housing. We haven't seen any actually fail; ie crack through
> and fall off. We've seen maybe half a dozen in the last year, both
> arms on two cars, one each (left?) on two others.
> Anybody else see this trend? Is it coincidence or is this a common
> problem?
>
> -- Michael Engard
> 1970 Rover 3500S
> 1961 Triumph Italia 2000 GT
> 1975 Ducati 850 GT
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