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Hi folks

First i need to apologise I've been lurking around this site for ages and contributed very little sorry.
Four relatively trouble free years with our bus came to an abrupt end tonight.
To cut a very long story short it appears iv'e broken both rear suspension arms.
I could do with some help sourcing replacments


cheers

Do you mean the trailing arm? If so, they are the same as a 2wd (if you've a 14") so that opens up your searching a bit. What's happened to them, most can be repaired..

The trailing arm yes.14" yes
They look totally shot,one has completely come off just behind the wheel the other has a major crack in a similar place.Quite surprised at this as the bus is pretty solid.
Thanks

Think i might have found a couple of replacement trailing arms.Not sure what kind of condition there in,is there anything specifically i should look out for?
Also will i need to buy anything else to complete the job.
Looking to get the van back on the road asap as its my only vehicle.
Thanks for any help offered.

Bolts , washers and bushes all available from Brickwerks, are the arms off the van with no probs?

Not had a chance to remove arms yet i take it they could be a problem.

Goodness, how rusty are they then... usually, you will find the outer pick up forks for the trailing arms, that protrude from the rear cross member, rust away badly as well, before the whole arm. Check these closely!

https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/images/X_Memb_Rust_01.jpg

If/when you buy a set of replacements make sure the old bushes have been pushed out before you buy them.
Have had a perfectly good/serviceable pair of swing arms that looked pukka until the bushes were pushed out, they were hanging inside and looked like tea bags!!!

Harryman i will check that again tonight only had a quick look last night.
Just checking what i need before i put an order into brickwerks,
4 trailing arm bushes
4 nuts and bolts
do i need the inner trailing arm bushes?

oh , and inspect/ask for pics of spring seats. Get the seller to photo the top side where the spring seats, with the rubber pads removed and ask them to give them a good wire brush before they photo them

Cut old ones carefully through rubber bush and bolt up side of fork, ideally with a recip saw (sabresaw) for safety. Using a 115mm grinder is difficult as well as dangerous

HarryMann wrote:Goodness, how rusty are they then... usually, you will find the outer pick up forks for the trailing arms, that protrude from the rear cross member, rust away badly as well, before the whole arm. Check these closely!

https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/images/X_Memb_Rust_01.jpg

Harryman i had a proper check tonight the outer pick up forks are solid and rust free.

It was a bit of a shock last night just glad i was still in the driveway and not driving at 55mph

cheers

ELVIS wrote:If/when you buy a set of replacements make sure the old bushes have been pushed out before you buy them.
Have had a perfectly good/serviceable pair of swing arms that looked pukka until the bushes were pushed out, they were hanging inside and looked like tea bags!!!

And maybe think about finding a better equipped mot tester. Maybe one with eyes. Those arms don't go from mot pass to totally snapped in a year !

Lee.

Ps. Glad it's not a lot worse.

Sorry ! Bad attitude, bad day .