you do not have to go under the car to replace these, just jack it up and remove the wheel. its all easily accessible.

the first thing u will notice is that the rod end of the trailling arm bolts into the pillow ball bushing, LOL. so if u have bad pillow *****, u might replace those BEFORE doing the trailling arms.


now on the aftermarket trailling arm, there is a large nut. u thread the nut and the rod to the bushing. then u back off 1/8th of an inch.

im assuming this nut is for meassuring purposes only? because it does not seem to hold the rod in place. if u turn the rod, the nut moves also, it does not lock up. is the nut supposed to lock the rod in place?


the rod says its adjustable up to 3/8th of an inch to change the wheel base. so the second question is, why would someone do this? is 2/8th of an inch going to make a difference? it would have been easier to install if it was not adjustable at all.


the new arms did reduce the play in the suspension some, basically it reduced the deceleration/acceleration jerk that occurs when u take the foot off the pedal some. not as noticeable as new diff bushings though.

 

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It's a jam nut. You thread the rod end into the trailing arm and then tighten the nut against the trailing arm to lock it into place. The arm itself will still move around the ball but that's alright. You do not want the rod end body in the end of the trailing arm to move at all.

 

Changing the wheel base will change the weight transfer under braking or drag, but 3/8" probably doesn't matter all that much. The adjustability is primarily a side effect of the way the trailing arms are constructed. On the plus side, the rod end is replacable independent of the rest of the arm.

-Max

 

This is so true, a friend of mine forgot to lock his down and they moved on him. I can't remember if it changes the toe in/out but it deffinately changed his handlling, when he went into a turn the back end drove around him very unexpectedly, it's important you set them up the dame length as the stockers for each side and possible have the car's rear realligned to make sure it's right.

 

Like Max said. It's not an intentional adjustment that is necessary but instead came about because of the way the arms are contructed. Somebody trying to market something. "And you can change the wheelbase too!" Whatever.

If I wanted to be an **** ***** I would point out to the guy who thinks it's cool that his wheelbase can be adjusted that he is doing more harm to the anti-squat than any "improvement" in wheelbase...