bent reaar trailing arm on gq

Post by **matty b** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:28 pm

hey guys
went out to this new 4wd park out near warwick bout 150k's past ipswich inland today. it was ok however the tracks could be reclassified. they state on some tracks diff locks required but i did them with my open center diffs.
anyway my gq wagon seems to have bent a trailing arm...although they look quite solid and i dont rember any big impacts on the car throughout the trip i seem to have bent and creases the real left lower trailing arm on a good 45 degree angle. are these trailing arms known for weakness or have i just encountered some bad luck.
also dose anyone have any rough ideas on what adjustable rear upper and lower control arms are worth and could they reccomend a supplier in qld
thats for any input guys
matt

Post by **china** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:32 pm

they are to thin!
sounds like a day for bend'n arms.

Post by **MKPatrolGuy** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:33 pm

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Post by **matty b** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:38 pm

unlucky china must have been a bad day
read your post seems they are a fairly weak link in the driveline.
looks like i will be fitting some aftermarkets ones then

Post by **ozy1** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:46 pm

how long have you been offroading the Patrol, if its more than a month, you have been extreemly lucky, i ben mine 2 weeks after purchase,

i now have the 3rds lower arms, they say they are bomb proof but i havnt tried to blow them up yet, but they seem to hold up well to the rocky landscapes.

Post by **matty b** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:50 pm

ive had the patrol a few months and its seem quite a fair bit of off road and some nasty hills. its only got 2 inch body and 3 inch coil and shock lift. it flexs reasonably well as it has no swaybars.
would raised suspension and the extra wheel travel put excessive strain on the arms perhaps?

Post by **scorched** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:59 pm

bend your arm back straight again then weld some L shape steel(like star picket sorta stuff) on to the lower side of the arm for re enforcing.

Easy redneck fix. good stuff

Post by **matty b** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:03 pm

well at least its an easy fix and id be back on the road by next weekend.....although its easy still seems dodgey
plus it creased the arm so im sure it would bend again and 10 times easier at that if it didnt break

Post by **ozy1** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:14 am

if it has creased the arm, i would definatly be looking at replacing it, replacement lowers arnt that badly priced, ring around......

Post by **turps** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:51 am

I dont think there is any need for adjusable uppers, or even heavy duty ones. Never heard of anybody bending them.

But lowers and the panhard rod on the rear I have bent both numoerous times. I sleved the panhard rod with pipe. And brought heavy duty ones 2nd hand off Cheezy (the trailing arms are actually Mal Leslie ones) and theyhad a hard live before I got them and no problems since.

Post by **fatassgq** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:34 pm

I personally think you would be far better off getting non adjustable lowers (get em made a little longer if needed) and adjustable uppers.

I agree that the uppers certainly don't need to be super big. the lowers however need to be beef and when you have adjustable ones I think it introduces a week point and also no longer a smooth surface to slide over things.

JMO

Post by **GUHOON** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:52 pm

Are GU arms the same as GQ or heavier duty. i go 4bing with GU and GQ patrols and have not heard of this before BTW most of them have 4 , 5 , 6 inch lifts.

Post by **bazzle** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:28 pm

Same tube, just some NVH changes.

Bazzle

Post by **matty b** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:13 am

cheers for the input guys

Post by **Troll00** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:03 pm

Ring Chris at Cris's 4x4 PH 0754952211 to source some heavy duty ones at a good price

Post by **matty b** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:23 pm

chris has the big gq ute yeah and lives in caboolture area yeah?

Post by **legsx1** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:29 am

Just get some heavy duty ones made - its so easy and fixes the problem for good

Post by **GUJohnno** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:05 pm

I've heard of the uppers bending on the fuel tanks. Know of a couple of people with this problem but not sure if they have aftermarket tanks...

Post by **bazzle** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:22 pm

Tops "may" bend if AUX tank has not got a cut out for arms. OR if susp droop more than cut out can handle, Mod tank.

Bazzle

Post by JK » Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:10 am

When I was greasing my rear tailshaft yesterday I noticed pretty significant scratches in my Cheezy HD lower arms where I must have given them a workout last time I was at Menai. Given the scratches I reckon the factory arms would have definitely bent and I would have been up the creek...

For what it's worth, just buy after market (non-adjustable) lower arms. They are worth every cent.

Post by **MKPatrolGuy** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:33 am

bazzle wrote:Tops "may" bend if AUX tank has not got a cut out for arms. OR if susp droop more than cut out can handle, Mod tank.

Bazzle

Dad's has this problem, decent bent too, we haven't got around to getting the tank notched and the arms replaced yet.

Post by **bazzle** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:20 am

Stronger Arms available from Mal Leslie or Cheezy.

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Bazzle

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