Trailing Arm is Banana shaped!

after hitting a cement block with my sweet Jimny "a friend did ", the front/left tailing arm lost the straightness and went into a banana shape as the bellow pic
i saw a topic on the site in the problems section

www.bigjimny.com/index.php?option=com_co...=blog&id=8&Itemid=37

the arm is not available around to buy
my question is what if the durability of the arm if i didnt change it and i worked on it to be straight. im just a afraid to be crack.

thanks in advance

Its not 100% clear from the picture, is the arm bent or has the bush at this end failed?

Martin

Hi,

Think if you took it off and took a few photos we could tell better, from your picture it look like you've got the banana shape with a twist.

The photos you used are of my front arm, I was lucky only to have the bend, but got it straight enough by hitting it with a solid bar, nice and heavy. If you have a go, put arm on blocks of wood then put your foot on the arm, then just hit downwards like a ram and it will go. Do that till your happy with it.

Not to sure how you'd take the twist out though, please put photos up to see how bad it is, it could be scrap

Andy

seen these on ebay £60 each (new) with free p+p

There are pattern ones on ebay for £60.00 and I can get them from my local motor factors - ok if you are only on the road - which looking at your tyres in the picture you are but I don't think I'd trust them with the extreme off roading I do!

Otherwise contact CAM Suzuki - they always have them or a local breakers yard and get new bushes pushed in if you need them - just be aware that CAM Suzuki can take an age to deliver - hence I recently asked other people's experience when I thought I might need them for a axle as they are expensive!

I take it that it is a front one from the picture?

Kirkynut

Also - I would forget straightening yours - it will be weak now!

Kirkynut