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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / March 2008Need name of rear suspension part
I have a 96 Chevrolet Lumina auto and would like to know what is the name of the arm on each side of the rear suspension that run from the wheel area up to the body that can move up and down as the wheel does? This arm (?) runs parallel with the side of the body not from right to left as in an axle seems to keep the rear wheel from moving back or forward relative to the body's wheel well keeps it inline. Mine broke on a pothole and will it be expensive to fix and will I then need a four-wheel alignment? >I have a 96 Chevrolet Lumina auto and would like to know what is the > name of the arm on each side of the rear suspension that run from the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > on a pothole and will it be expensive to fix and will I then need a > four-wheel alignment? Trailing link, probably > >I have a 96 Chevrolet Lumina auto and would like to know what is the > > name of the arm on each side of the rear suspension that run from the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Trailing link, probably Thanks I bet that is it. I broke the left one on a pothole. If I replace it will I need to have to have it aligned and can a rear just be aligned or will all four wheels need to be done. I don't have any unusual tire wear >> >I have a 96 Chevrolet Lumina auto and would like to know what is the >> > name of the arm on each side of the rear suspension that run from the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > be aligned or will all four wheels need to be done. I don't have any > unusual tire wear No need to realign just to replace the trailing link. Somewhere down the road, you should check 4 wheel alignment, but simply changing the link is not the deciding factor. > >> "DJW" <d...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Show quoted text - If you hit a hole hard enough to break a suspension part might I suggest sow down and while you are fixing it take a long look at the rest of the parts. "golden oldie" <hambruch@redshift.bc.ca> wrote in message news:8e83d55d-a016- If you hit a hole hard enough to break a suspension part might I suggest sow down and while you are fixing it take a long look at the rest of the parts. *********** I had one of the bend badly on a Buick Regal, but no other damage was seen. These things are fairly strong from a tension aspect but are not that hard to bend so maybe he is lucky. Replacement of the bent trailing link was all that needed to be done, but your caution to the OP is very good advice. > "golden oldie" <hambr...@redshift.bc.ca> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > needed to > be done, but your caution to the OP is very good advice. I did not mension that I am in Wisconsin and there is a lot of salt used and this car is very rusty. That arm is just stamped metal and mostlly failed due to rust. The pot hole was the straw that broke the camels back. But of course I will give the rest a good look and may replace the right side one too "DJW" <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:d90b6046-b4f1-472a-bb14- > I did not mension that I am in Wisconsin and there is a lot of salt > used and this car is very rusty. That arm is just stamped metal and > mostlly failed due to rust. The pot hole was the straw that broke the > camels back. But of course I will give the rest a good look and may > replace the right side one too I think that is a wise move. If you have a decent junkyard nearby, you should be able to find one or more of these links to replace yours. When the roads, bridges, overpasses around get icey, they use sand.A month or two ago, I read an article somewhere on the internet that somebody is experimenting with using beet juice (I think the article said beet juice) for melting ice. cuhulin > When the roads, bridges, overpasses around get icey, they use sand.A > month or two ago, I read an article somewhere on the internet that > somebody is experimenting with using beet juice (I think the article > said beet juice) for melting ice. > cuhulin Could be, cuhulin.. Beet juice contains sugars and other things which dont freeze as easily as pure water. It probably is not extremely efficient, but may be cost effective. > <cuhu...@webtv.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > cost > effective. Yes I did here about something mundane to try to melt ice can't remember either what it was. Any way the municipalities around here are so short of salt because of the extreme use this winter they are mixing with sand and not using unless absolutely necessary. The hardware stores also are out of salt. They get it in and sell out within an hour. They still have calcium chloride but that's a bit pricy works to a lower temp but then summer is coming soon? Isn't it???? Take a look at this link: http://www.megagro.com/iceclear.htm?gclid=CNLOyoqA45ECFQVRMAodySNjXw Anyway got to a repair shop today and got the trailing arms replaced so bring on the potholes! > <cuhu...@webtv.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > cost > effective. some places have turned to spraying ethylene glycol for environmental reasons. that can't be cheap. "z" <gzuckier@snail-mail.net> wrote in message news:8584173b-0b44-4bf1-ae13- some places have turned to spraying ethylene glycol for environmental reasons. that can't be cheap. That can be a deadly serious solution to a problem. Blends of ethylene glycol with other additives were used at the newish Gardermoen airport near Oslo, Norway. The warm solution melts the ice sheets on the wings and other parts, but also conditions the film next to the metal so that newly forming ice can "sheet" off. They found that the glycol did not biodegrade effectively under those conditions and got into the ground water. Ethylene glycol has some toxicity problems, and to use it like this would be highly irresponsible and probably a violation of the environmental legislation in the USA. That ethylene glycol stuff is also used in some antifreezes, isn't it? Antifreeze is deadly to dogs and cats, if they drink any of it.I think I read somewhere it has a sweet taste.When you change antifreeze/water mix, don't let antifreeze be laying around where pets can get at it. cuhulin > I did not mension that I am in Wisconsin and there is a lot of salt > used and this car is very rusty. That arm is just stamped metal and > mostlly failed due to rust. yikes.
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