Re: Trailing Arm Bolt Question.

[jtrealty@xxxx]

If you have any doubts as to the safety of the trailing arm bolts just 
change them, they aren't expensive and not hard to do. As to the 
tendency for the car to behave differently turning left or right under 
heavy acceleration this is an indication that the thrust angle is not 
correct which requires a 4 wheel alignment to put the proper # of 
shims behind the trailing bolts to get the rear wheels to both point 
straight ahead. Order the trailing bolts and some shims and treat the 
car to a good alignment letting the shop put the new bolts in 
following the correct procedures and torque specs. Even with a proper 
alignment there can be a tendency for torque steer so you can never 
get it perfect.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, DMCVegas@xxxx wrote:
> Ok, for a while now, I've had clunking sounds comming from the back 
> of my car. I tighened down 11 out of 12 bolts that mount the body to 
> the chassis, and that has quited things down quite a bit. Anywho, my 
> question is this: Can a bent Trailing Arm Bolt affect the appearance 
> of the car overall? From a distance, the rear end of my car appears 
> to be lower on the driver side. A bit of background info. While I am 
> not abusive to my car, I do drive it hard. The car also has a 
> tendancy to lose traction much easier making right turns, than left 
> ones. It will fishtail, and slide when making hard rights. But hard 
> left turns, it seems to correct itself fairly quickly.
> 
> Any ideas/advice on inspection?
> 
> -Robert
> vin 6585