Boxed trailing arms.
#1
Boxed trailing arms.
Got bored yesterday and decided to box my trailing arms. I had some steel plate lying around and I've been wanting to do it. I have to do the left side today. It took a few hours to do the driver side.
When I took it off I put one end in my big vise and stuck an extension through the other side. I could get the arm to twist by hand. After the welding I tried it again. No more hand twist. . Later I may do the bushings but they were pretty tight as is. Now to figure out the panhard bar.
When I took it off I put one end in my big vise and stuck an extension through the other side. I could get the arm to twist by hand. After the welding I tried it again. No more hand twist. . Later I may do the bushings but they were pretty tight as is. Now to figure out the panhard bar.
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I have been thinking of doing this for a while to help with the slop and sway when towing the truck, just never got around to it. I think I have some bad bushings so I will likely be doing this sooner than later. Edlebrock used to have a cheap set of LCA and a panhard but think they have since been discontinued. The Hotchkis LCA are just too pricy. Let us know how the boxed stock LCA works and the panhard if you get it figured out.
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#10
I will probably be building some tubular arms in the near future. Never noticed much "sway" from the factory ones but we all know how weak they are. The boxing is a good idea though. Seems like "a few hours" is an long time to accomplish this though especialy for one side. What did you do around the bushings to not melt them? Or since you plan to replace them did you pay them any mind?