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Old Aug 22, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Rearend links

I'm looking at buying an 81 RX7 that has one of the rear end links that connect to the body (undercarriage) rusted thru so there are only 3 connected and one not connected... Is that fixable or should I look into getting a different RX7?
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Old Aug 22, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Chances are if the rust is that bad, there is cancer in other structural areas. Pick it up for cheap and part it out.

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Old Aug 22, 2012 | 03:51 PM
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K i'll look it over and see what it looks like.
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Old Aug 22, 2012 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by flight_of_pain
Chances are if the rust is that bad, there is cancer in other structural areas. Pick it up for cheap and part it out.

Isaac
Only option. I caught it early:

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...egins-1008856/
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Old Aug 22, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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So if i do get it will possibly have to do what you are doing on yours... I wouldn't have a problem with that. but I should be going to look at it this weekend.
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 09:37 PM
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I'm guessing it's one of the upper links as far as I'm being told. Whats the best way to fix this?
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 07:48 AM
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Put up pictures.
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 09:06 AM
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Ill put some up when it gets home tonight
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 10:52 AM
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Or, if the rust is only affecting the upper links, you could convert to a Trilink setup. This replaces the top two links with a single link that mounts under the driveshaft tunnel.



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