If your trailing arm bolt was found to be loose it is not safe to just "tighten it up". It was loose for a reason. Either it streched or it was never properly tightened but if it was found to be loose then you cannot be sure you still have the correct amount of shims, some may have fallen out. It is very possible the TAB was overtorqued and now is streched beyond it's yield point meaning that it will not hold the required torque value. The best thing you can do is quickly get a new set of TAB's and some shims and have an alignment shop check the rear thrust angle and replace the TABs. With the proper TABs I don't think the reinforcing bracket is required. Another possibility is that the TAB was overtorqued so much that it collapsed the spacer in the bushing causing the bolt to loosen. A thorough inspection is necessary to do a proper repair. Just tightening things up may be expedient but it is not safe! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Adam Price" <acprice1@xxxx> wrote: > I have been having some clunking sounds from the rear, so i too my car to my > favorite shop and had them lift it up to investigate. My left rear > TA bolt had become loose. It just simply needed the nut to be tightened, but > I am glad I caught it before worse happened. > > Check those bolts everyone! > > Also, I have an old brochure from Delorean Improvements that details their > method of reinforcing the other end of the trailing arm bolt with a metal > bracket that bolts to the frame. It also had a special clamp, and a larger > nut with this set up. My question is, "does anyone have this modification on > their car? Anyone have any different modifications to better support the TA > bolts? > > I want some of Toby's bolts. Maybe I'll use this extra support bracket in > conjuntion with Toby's bolts. > > Adam 16683 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com