New Arm??

[crazyhorse]

So….

Coming to the end of replacing gear box and looking under van I poke around a trailing arm and start uncovering this…



I think I know the amswer,.. but is this game over??

[davidoft1]

new arms are readily available, thats toast 

[cobblers]

the mount doesn't look much better than the arm either.

[crazyhorse]

I thought that too

[davidoft1]

Mount looks crusty but solid , worth an investigation

[crazyhorse]

It’s seems ok

Balls

[TONYT25T25]

The outer bolt looks good enough to get a purchase on, i have seen some that have worn away. What are the inner bolts like, and the other side.

[crazyhorse]

The bolt snapped in the socket.. outside off now with grinder.. inside one is a nightmare also… nothing is easy.. will hopefully get my multi tool on that in the morning..

[TONYT25T25]

Have you seen James Akers blogs about this and other areas.
https://vwt25.blog/2018/10/30/trailing- ... placement/

[crazyhorse]

Have you seen James Akers blogs about this and other areas.
https://vwt25.blog/2018/10/30/trailing- ... placement/

Thanks Tony I did…

Inside ones are a right pain…

Worried also about getting 4 bolts off hub off with a spanner as the brake disk stops me from putting a socket on it…we shall see

[multisi]

Cut through the trailing arms near the mounts and drop it down and then cut the heads off the 4 hub bolts to remove the brake/hub unit.