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GU 4.2 traling arms
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:52 pm
by lukeash
guys my mrs brother is about to buy an 05 4.2td wagon and everyone of the 4.2s we have looked at the rear trailing arms have some sort of bracket or somethimg on them. just wondering if anyone knows what there for? the 3ltrs dont have them.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:15 pm
by KIWI
What do you mean by brackets? Mine has extra bits on it, not sure if you would call them brackets, but I've never seen them on any other vehicle
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:53 pm
by Rampage
mine dont have anything and its a 1999 GU TD42 but my mates 2002 4.8 has them! i think it is soemthing to do with ABS! cause the bracket things are for the abs lines to run down to the disc!
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:02 pm
by sw1
my 03 has em
a bloke told me what they were and i cant exactly remember but it was something along the lines of extra vibration damping.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:06 pm
by KIWI
Yeah, mine are not so much "brackets" as they are weights of some sort, so may well be vibration dampners
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:42 pm
by Tomo_89
Strengthening? my 01 doesn't have any and they bend quite easy.. Superior engineering arms have some sort of strengthening on them.
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:54 am
by Yom
vibration dampers of some kind.
All the 6cyl GU's seem to have them (except the utes).
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:08 pm
by simcoe
if where talking about the same thing my 98 4.5 has the brackets but also a rubber cylinder attached to the right and left rear arms! allso not sure what there for? maby sound deadening??
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:17 am
by j-top paj
mine had them but not anymore
got snake arms
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:23 am
by benhl
i have also heard vibration dampning, but yeah got 3rd's on there now and now vibration issues...