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Just got back from hols in Cornwall and discovered this.



There is a hole both sides of the trailing arm. Quite surprised and thankful that it didn't fall apart on the 500+ mile journey. Its either over engineered or I got lucky.

Only decision to make now is whether to buy a used part or wait it out till Brickwerks receives their stock of new parts.

Rob

I would be tempted to buy second hand, still some good ones around for around 100 - 200, prior to fitting you can give it a good refurb, vatcan any rusty bits, new bushes, coat of decent paint. Not sure how much new is but I bet it isnt cheap, you may even be able to recoup some monies by re selling yours as a repair job.

If you can hold on that would be my preference 220 for new or 150 + for one you take a chance on.

I renovated one that was even worse than that about a month ago. I started out by sandblasting it and then thoroughly checking the integrity of the rest of the arm. Since there was next to no corrosion anywhere else, I made up a series of shaped 3mm plate pieces for the damaged area - these were then welded in place and the arm then got a coat of zinc primer followed by two coats of Hammerite. The end result should out last the rest of the vehicle!

The picture appears to show that the rust encroaches into the bearing area (ie. where it swivels), which is going to be pretty tricky to repair properly. I would say that one's shot.

Give nw_vw_t25 a ring see if he,s got some in 07968367046

tforturton wrote:The picture appears to show that the rust encroaches into the bearing area (ie. where it swivels), which is going to be pretty tricky to repair properly. I would say that one's shot.

The bearing tube on mine was, as you say, shot; I therefore machined up a new one, which didn't take long.