Rear link arms - which way is out?
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Rear link arms - which way is out?
I’m doing some work on the rear suspension and now I’m at the point of fitting bushes to the “front rear lateral links”, however I can’t figure out which way is “out” on these ones.
Perhaps it doesn’t matter which orientation the arm is in, but the arm has two weld blobs on one end, which I think look like some kind of markers (all four arms have these two blobs).
the part number is different for the inside vs outside bush, so I know that once I push the bush in, orientation becomes important, but not sure if the arms themselves are symmetrical?
they measure the same dimensions for the hole, but I can’t accurately measure if the angle is different on each side etc (then again, why would it be, hmm). Eg if the bushing tube is offset by say 2 degrees as opposed to 0 degrees, I wouldn’t be able to tell easily.
pic of the part, with the two blobs visible at the top:
Perhaps it doesn’t matter which orientation the arm is in, but the arm has two weld blobs on one end, which I think look like some kind of markers (all four arms have these two blobs).
the part number is different for the inside vs outside bush, so I know that once I push the bush in, orientation becomes important, but not sure if the arms themselves are symmetrical?
they measure the same dimensions for the hole, but I can’t accurately measure if the angle is different on each side etc (then again, why would it be, hmm). Eg if the bushing tube is offset by say 2 degrees as opposed to 0 degrees, I wouldn’t be able to tell easily.
pic of the part, with the two blobs visible at the top:
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