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Originally Posted by octanemaestro
Perhaps this dislocation I am referring to is the feared torsion tube bend or kink? I can replace the banana arm (trailing arm) but much more difficult to fix would be a torsion tube replacement (bad job with OK result) or body tweak fix on frame machine (worse job and never perfect results). For some reason not yet ascertained my wheel is a good 4cm-5cm too far inward, yet parallel to the other wheels (note, it's not parallel when car is on a lift...it hangs down somewhat more than the other wheel, like a wasp foot....perhaps that's a clue?).
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If you look at the torsion bar with the trailing arm and the spring plates removed they should be central in the tube to within 1mm.
We have seen them at last 15mm off centre when the end of the tube has kinked due to a kerb impact while the car was sliding.
The should also 'stick out' of the end of the tube by the same amount both sides.
If these two approximate measurements are OK it is likely that the tube is UK.
We snapped an aluminium arm a few years ago when we hit a large tree on a forestry rally and wiped out the rear fender, oil tank and arm - the tube survived.
We hit a kerb on a closed road rally in Ireland in a SWB car and bent a steel arm and kinked the tube.
The kink was about 10mm from the end of the tube and reasonably easy to repair.