Re: Trailing Arm Bolts - Engineering

[jtrealty@xxxx]

All of what you wrote was interesting but it comes down to putting 
more stress on the bolt then it will see in service by torquing it 
above that level. If you go overboard you will collapse the metal 
spacer in the radius arm bushing pn 106716. As is usually the case you 
cannot improve an entire system by changing one part. It usually takes 
a reengineering of the entire system or you just move the weak point 
to somewhere else in the system. Before you continue you should 
discuss this with a Delorean vender as they have all "been there-done 
that" and now have a good way to fix this weak area. There is no 
substitute for experience so before starting on a new project like 
this you should get all of the history that you can.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, tobyp@xxxx wrote:
> Hello List - This is Toby Peterson ... checking in.
> 
> I thought that I'd take a little time and give you some addtional 
> background behind the engineering considerations that go into 
> resolving issues like the trailing arm bolts (TAB). I will try to 
be 
> as brief as possible, and will also try to make it "value added" for 
> everyone's learning. The following terms need to be defined because 
I 
> will use them a little later: "Ftu" = allowable ultimate tensile