Rob, Toby, and all, I am still in the very long and hard process of getting the TABs even out of 6704 (don't have much time to work on it). I finally got the passenger side trailing arm off, had to cut the bolt, bought 2 new/used trailing arms, anyone need a passenger side trailing arm? One NOS, and one used. The drivers side is going to be a royal pain, this weekend hopefully. But I agree with the large washer issue, the bigger one is not available anymore, and these washers take a lot of abuse. My drivers side TAB is so corroeded it won't even move with a 2 foot breaker bar. I have NOS bushings to put in, and Toby TABs. I have checked with Pearce Designs, their SS trailing arms will only fit the SS frame they sell. So what to do? Have new washers made of a harder material, flip my old ones around to provide a new bearing surface... And lot's of cars are going to be due for this conversion soon anyway. Bernie, VIN 6704 and 4045 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <rob@...> wrote: > > David, > > If money was no object and you're willing to live with a harsher ride via an > all metal Heim joint as per race car practice then you might consider it. It > would probably require completely redesigned trailing arms (ala Pierce > Design but stock frame compatible)and be rather cost prohibitive. I think an > incremental approach by double-nut retention, stronger bolts, washers, and > perhaps even bushings (also expensive) would suffice. The first three items > combined with careful installation and torqueing would eliminate the vast > majority of failures at a much more reasonable cost compared to custom > (bespoke as they'd say in the U.K.) designed trailing arms. > > Rob Grady, > > P.J.Grady Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > David Teitelbaum > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:02 PM > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DML] Re: Checked my TABs.... AARG!! > > The hardness of the shims is also a problem. Another problem is the > spacer inside the bushing. It can collapse especially if you > overtorque the TAB. The whole set-up is a problematic area. It is not <SNIP> 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/