rear trailing arms

[salspaugh1]

Good morning.

I have just discovered that I have a bent lower trailing arm on my 1981 Spider. My question is: should I replace both lower trailing arms or can I get by just replacing the bent one? I have limited experience with suspension and figured I should ask the questions to the experts. The car tracks straight and true, so I figure I have caught it in time to avoid any excessive wear to the brand new tires. Thanks for your help.



Steve Alspaugh
1981 Spider 2000

[engineerted]

I would do both arms, that way you have new rubber on each side. To answer your next question: Can i just get new rubber bushings for the old side? No. It seems that no one make the rubber bushing for the later arms, only for the older style arms.


Ted

[salspaugh1]

Thanks for the response. I will replace both trailing arms. Great to have a forum where you can go to get answers.


Steve Alspaugh