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Bulli:
Sorry if this is in the wrong spot but it applies to quite a few folk.

Just had a gentle days laning in Lincs and on the way home the rear trailing arm broke. There was no warning, I was doing 50 at the time and was very lucky not to be in hospital right now. The car slid sideways and jumped the curb separating the 2 carriageways. I ended up on the wrong side of the dual carriageway about 2 feet from the wall of a bridge with a 40 foot fall into the river Don.
How it didnt roll im not quite sure- highly skilled driving and maybe having just see the dukes of hazzard??
The reason for the failure was obvious upon inspection. The weld where the tube joins the axle had no penetration at all. These were heavy duty castor corrected ones from a major supplier. I have only had them about a year.The blurb below is from their website. Tuesday should be intresting as the accident has put a flat in one of my tyres , flattened my exhaust and damaged my rear shocks and springs. Not to mention potential loss of life. If there had been anyone in the other lane then the story would be a tragic one.
Dont know how you could check yours if you have them but i wont be refitting these ones again.
 
TWO REAR
TRAILING ARMS

To cope with the extreme rear travel and articulation achievable on Land Rovers.

Their tubular construction with reinforcing bars ensure that strength is combined with lightness.

The arms can now be shimed to allow the nose of the rear diff to be set parrallel with the transfer box output shaft.

muddyweb:
Bulli,

It seems you are not alone.

A couple of chaps from Belgium were on their way to see said supplier with a set of front radius arms which had apparently fallen apart in a similar way.

I'm not going to voice my more in-depth opinions about copying designs without the engineering research on here, but some of you will have heard them already ;-)

Glad you are OK...  give 'em hell !

Bulli:
A mate of mine is the importer of the company that designed them. They are still built inhouse so he is bringing some over for me today.
Intresting to hear im not alone... they had better get ready!

Lostboy:
Yikes  :shock:

I think I'd better go look at mine again....

Nice 2 hear your ok though.  :)

xmob:
That must have been flippin' scary!  When the weld on my axle housing broke (the one that the tie bar goes into), I was doing 15mph tops, and that scared the pants off me when the car started driving sideways.

Glad you're ok.

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