Re: Trailing Arm Bolt Question.

[srubano@xxxx]

If your trailing arm bolts are not double nutted then chances are 
that one (or both) have "walked" themselves out. When I removed my 
Trailing arm bolts I found that one of the nuts on the Bolt had come 
loose and allowed the Trailing arm to move out. This caused the bolt 
to bend. If this is the case with yours you SHOULD change them ASAP 
before they break.

Steve

--- 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