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ne jones:
As a result of a stupid mistake born through frustration I have bent up one of my rear trailing arms.

I'm searching for another but what are the likely consequences of driving the car in this condition? Both short and long term?

I'll be doing close on 300 miles in it tomorrow as my dads been taken into hospital and I need to get to visit him, am i likely to get any nasty surprises on the run?

Bulli:
not even going to ask how. How bent is it? the trailing arm controls the rear axle so failure is very unpleasant indeed!!! I really wouldnt recommend it!
If the bend is minor then there is no reason why any major damage would occur. The UJ's will be working harder on the rear prop but thats about all. Have you driven your truck yet? You may find it handles like a pig in knickers as the rear axle may not be aligned!

ne jones:
Heres the story.

Needed to put back on my alloys and road tyres in place of the mud tyres i've used the past couple of days.

Only slot in the day was between 1 and 2 today.

loosened the nuts on wheels 1 and 2 ok, came to wheel 3 and the only 24mm socket i own split and became worse than useless.
So i got my only 24mm spanner out and using another spanner on the end for leverage managed to loosen the 10 nuts holding the remaining wheels on. But obviously this took a loy, lot, longer than planned.

So anyway in the rush to get the vehicle jacked up I didn't bother to locate the jack properly and hence the weight of the car when jacked was all on the trailing arm. It now looks like one of those expensive cranked ones.

I have driven the car for a mile or so around corners and over speed humps and it feels just like normal.

 :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

tjsj:
could be a good end to a bad day...bend the other one and you have instant rear trailling arms for free!!

Range Rover Blues:
Which arms are these, the thin ones or the thicker tubular ones? I guess you won't know so measure them.  If the bend means the tube/bar deflects more than it's own diameter I would suggest you are very cautious if you drive it as it will be significantly weaker, that said there is a very large safety factor in their design.

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