Harry, I would recommend reviewing Post 46068 by Joe Kuchan, echoing the advice of David T. and others. This is not a very easy job if all does not go well. Joe's son Peter has a very nice, low mileage Delorean and we had one bolt that we could not remove with a 40 ton press and we had the luxury of using a lift. I guess if we had a torch, we may have gotten it out but I almost doubt it. Luckily we had a spare trailing arm to replace the one with the stuck bolt but it turned into at least a good half day job (on a 5-speed). I have replaced a few dozen TA bolts over the years on many cars and I only had one go "very easy" and that was my Canadian D. Maybe my experience has been with too many "rust belt" Deloreans but I always allow for plenty of time to change a set of TA bolts. Later, Rich W. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> wrote: > > > Harry, > > I don't believe there are any symptoms until it's too late. > > That said, you don't need a lift. A set of ramps and a jack to help > release the load when you remove the bolts is plenty. This is a very > easy job (unless you have an automatic). > > -Ryan > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "spaceace3113" <spaceace3113@xxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Other than visual inspection is there away one can diagnose bad > > trailing arm bolts by driving, handling characteristics? Curious, as > > I wouldnt want anything to happen and dont always have the luxury of > > a lift available. > > > > Thanks guys > > Harry 2696 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/