<VV> Suspension question

[Ron]

Everybody says, "Don't use nylon bushings cuz they'll break things" and they 
just may be right!
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis C. Armer,Jr." <carmerjr at mindspring.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:01 PM
Subject: <VV> Suspension question


> Hey all, I am in the process of pulling Darth Vair's drivetrain in order 
> to find the reason(s) for his five
> cylinder orneriness and along with this I am going to return to non-nylon 
> bushed strut rods. Upon removal
> of the strut rods and inspecting the camber bolt area I have discovered a 
> possible problem on both trailing
> arms. This is what I found at the area where the lower shock absorber 
> bracket is welded to the trailing arm.
> The reinforced area where the camber bolt goes through both the 
> reinforcement and the shock mounting
> bracket has enough space between the layers to easily run an index card or 
> thicker piece of paper up in the area
> and past the oval bolt hole cutout. Both sides exhibit this space and it 
> appears as if initially there was NO weld there.
> When I examined the area on the front side of the strut rod bracket I 
> found the reinforcement on both sides to be
> just alike and with no space between the apparently factory welded layers 
> of reinforced metal. This area is reinforced
> to hold the outer strut rod bushing and have the camber bolt assembly pass 
> through the strut rod and thus allows for
> the rear alignment adjustment. I don't have any other trailing arms handy 
> to determine if the area of space was there
> originally or if I might have broken welds because of stress caused by 
> nylon bushings being used at inner and outer
> strut rod mountings. Any observations of viewable strut rods and or past 
> experience with a similar problem would be
> welcomed and please post the list as this may be a possible failing of LM 
> trailing arms caused by the strut rods in
> conjunction with nylon bushings.
>
> Chuck Armer
>
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