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01-05-2003, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: kelowna b.c. canada
Posts: 75
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trailing arm ?
A big pet peeve of mine is that our trailing arms tend to spread. what if i was to weld a bead along the seam on both sides. would this not give it more strenght as well? i have heard horror stories about these things breaking before and it scares the hell out of me.
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01-05-2003, 09:46 PM
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"Ochre Ogre"
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Springfield, MN
Posts: 3,558
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The fix for the 3/4 ton trucks was to spot weld a piece of flat stock across the seam and the length of the trailing arm. It is about 1 to 1-1/2" wide and on my truck it was done to the top and bottom of the trailing arm.
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