Hello,
I did the same thing. I fixed the arm by having the arm welded by someone
skilled
with aluminum welding. Then they had to ream out the hold to the former I.D.
Not so easy
since the weld is harder than the cast metal....
The need to fix depends on the location: I hit the side of the hole in the
thin outer side of the loop, not
in the section facing the main body of the arm. In that case you could fill
the defect with JB weld so the
new bush feels a smooth wall.
For future reference, the rubber bushes can be pressed out with a small bottle
jack and a deep
well 9/16" socket to do the pushing.
-Tony
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>From: "Patrick Bitton" <pbitton@axess.com>
Subject: TR-6 Trailing arm question
Hello all,
I noticed on one of my trailing arms that the rubber stopper broke inside
the arm. I tried to drill it out and I can't see to drill a hole through the
bolt. I have another trailing arm that I thought I can use and while trying
to remove the old bushings, I lost control of my drill and scraped the inner
part of the bushing hole. My question is...Is my trailing arm useless now?
Can I still use it even though I have a noticable gash inside the hole? Will
it affect the stability if the trailing arm?<
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