Hello Adam, you wrote :
>1) As part of the frame-off restoration of my '74 TR6, I'm doing a
>suspension rebuild. Dismantling a rear trailing arm, I noticed that on
>one side, someone has replaced the standard bump stop with what looks
>like part of a hockey puck glued onto one of those screw-in mountings
>for furniture casters. Not only that, but because the new mount didn't
>fit the old hole, they'd bored a new, much bigger, hole at a 15 degree
>slant to the original. Does this win the "Bodge of the Month" for
>February?
>
>What I want to know is, is there some way of repairing the alloy of the
>trailing arm and setting a new bore, or have I got to find a new,
>hideously expensive, rear trailing arm?
>
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AS was suggested earlier, that could probably be repaired by welding.
My point: since the trailing arms are aluminum and should last 'til
the next ice age & beyond, they should be available from parts cars
and as salvaged items without looking too far afield.
In fact, if you can't find one near you, I think I have a pair in
the barn, off a crashed '75, contact me if interested.
Tom Tweed
SW Ohio
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