Rent/Borrow P295 SWB Trailing Arm Jig
 

I would like to Rent/Borrow the Porsche P295 Short Wheelbase Trailing Arm Jig. Duration would likely be on the order of 2-3 months I suspect based on the speed of these kinds of projects in general. I am in the SF Bay Area.

I intend to modify two Aluminium LWB Trailing Arms into SWB Trailing Arms.


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Mods to the arms
 

What was the common way the short wheel based rear control arm moving out of alignment?

I had one bend and it moved to rear “toe out” (green arrows) but I never found out which of the three potential areas the bending occurred - inboard, the arm, or the outboard. Having my suspicion it was the arm.

I have seen the factory mods to the steel RSR arms and they started with the bridge between the arm
out to the spring plate. (from Yellow out to the camber adjuster area) Followed by strengthening the flex around the axel bearings and the shock mount and sway bar mount locations. No substantial mods to the inboard area.

The only method for bend to “toe in” that I can figure would to be by (substantial) side or rear impact.

Can the guys who bent these chime in on what way the bending moved and what the fix was?

I have heard that at one time heating and bend back was a track and pits fix.

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That is a special tool.

Yes, indeed it is.