Re: [DML] re: things that go bump in the night

["Walter" <Whalt@xxxx>]

Uh, it may not be over yet. If one of your trailing arm bolts were loose
enough to make noise, then I strongly recommend replacing them. I'm in the
process of replacing mine now. (Well, I stopped for a few days out of
frustration.) Because my passenger bolt was a little loose, it pivoted in
the wrong place and scored up a washer. Mine wasn't loose enough to lose
any shims, but if yours was making noise, then you should check your rear
alignment. All the cars that I have seen have 4 shims on the passenger side
and 3 on the driver's side. I'm suspicious that the factory used this as a
formula and never checked the alignment otherwise. Oh, by the way, both of
my OEM bolts are bent. Did you check yours? Twirl them around and see.
The passenger side was hard to get out for this reason, and I might have to
cut the driver's side out if it is too bent to slide out. With an automatic
tranny in the way, there isn't much room to work on it.

Walt Tampa, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cutting" <mcutting@xxxx>
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> well, as it stands right now, it looks like my noise was coming from the
> trailing arm bolts. i have driven the delorean quite a bit for the past
> couple of days (after tightening the trailing arm bolts) and the noise
seems
> to be gone.
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