I'd be willing to buy a set. I know my car has a new set of TABs installed by the current-soon-to-be-previous owner, but I'd shell out for the indestructible ones. -Adam 80% owner of 3416 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Toby Peterson" <Toby@...> wrote: > > Sean - That looks to be the worst one that I have seen (personally or > in a photo) with the exception of the one that broke in two on my car. > This was the incident that got me fired up about the trailing arm > bolts. Now that I have a full service shop, we see a lot of trailing > arm bolts that are damaged in some way - bent, corroded, worn shank, > seized bushings, etc. I took a poll on the DML a number of years ago > regarding the "state of the fleet" - 30% had an issue of some kind with > the bolts, 30% had looked and had not seen a problem to date, and the > remaining portion of responding owners asked "What is a trailing arm > bolt?". That last group really bothers me. Status Update - DeLorean > Parts Northwest is down to a mere handful of TOBY-Tab's from that third > batch. My contact in the industry retired, so we are wondering whether > there is enough current and future demand to warrant seeking another > source for another batch. Input from the community would be > appreciated. > > Toby Peterson VIN 2248 "Winged1" > DeLorean Motor Company - Northwest > DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sean" <sweitzel@> wrote: > > > > I was reading an unrelated auto enthusiast forum that had a D owner > > documenting his frame restoration. Anyway, he posted a photo of one of > > his trailing arm bolts. Apparently he had been driving like this for > > some time. I uploaded the picture to the photos under my previous > > album "take apart automatic trans alternator" > > > ------------------------------------ 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/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/