Rear End Suspention Trobles

[PandaR33]

well its a long story how i did this but i need to know the name of one of the pieces in my rear end (as i have bent it and need the know the name so i know what to ask for) its one of the main linkages that holds the bottom of the strut together, its on the very bottem of the assembley and bolts on in three places one bolts onto the suspention just inderneath where cv joint for the hicas connects to the wheel and the other 2 bolt the the shassy. also i think its a sway bar that is bolted to it, its very thick mettal thats in a kind of a y shape. being bent it has made the bottem of the wheel camber in allot.

thanks for your help.

panda

[scathing]

Take a photo. It'd make it a hell of lot easier for people to understand than the solid block of text you just wrote.

[nIsMo86]

Sounds like a rear lower control arm to me...but yeah pics would help ALOT!

[PandaR33]

Its ok, i have worked it out. Its kind of embarrising im an ex-3rd mechenic and i must have done atleast 20 in my time, on other cars.

Please excuse the starting post to this topic i just quikly wrote it before i went to be.

I picked up the new arm yesterday for $100. Should get it in today but the 22mm nut that joins to the hub is very f-tight (bent one of my spanners in it) i have taken the split pin out, is there a nack to getting it off or do i just have to take the axil out and hit it with a braker bar?

Also haveing a little troubble working out how to get the bolt out (the one closer to the front of the car) as i cant get enough space to get a hammer and a screw driver in.

I have wrecked the rim that was on there, i have a spair one but it has a crack straght through one of the spokes. Tossing up wether i could get away with running it like that or any rough guess' on how much it would cost to repair it?

sure ill work it out, cheers

Panda

[Eug]

try the suspension section, you'll get far more responses.

good luck with it

[PandaR33]

its all good, finaly got it all back together today, after a huge headake and a bunch of swear words.

I s**t myself when i took it for a drive and the rear end was sliding all over the place and felt like the whole suspention was floating and shifting around. ternd out the steering rod on the hicas was bent so the rear wheels were trying to go in difforent directions. so i took it off and gave it some hard bending. still needs a wheel alainment but its drivable.

you can new close this if you like gene.

cheers guys,

panda.