Trailing arm bolts - please help! : - (

["jamesrguk" <James_rg@xxxx>]

Hi all,

Just put my car up on my ramps and had a good look at the trailing 
arm bolts, the drivers side (LHD) appears to be bent, but has all the 
shims. The passenger side however is bent, has no shims and the nut 
was finger tight!!!, I can wiffle the washer with my fingers.

This probably explains the rear end swaying, I had suspected the TABs 
for some time but stupidly had not got round to checking them.

How do I get them off? do they actually go through the chassis or are 
they bolted to the plate thing which is then attached to the chassis? 
it is an automatic tranny and so I can only really see one side of 
the TAB.

Also can I get the upgraded version of the bolts from somone in the 
UK or is it a USA vendor job?

My car will be off the road until I have changed the bolts.

Thanks for any help in advance.

James RG