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broken rear suspension arm

Has anybody had this problem.Today the O/S rear suspension arm broke leaving the D3 stuck on a car park the bolt that holds the arm to the rear hub broke leaving the rear wheel at an angle OH SH-T called the AA out waiting to see if its coverd by my break down and labour cover fingers crossed.
  
Post #6913029th Sep 2010 7:20 pm
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Never heard of this myself.

did you hit something beforehand perhaps ?

Hope it works out ok for you.

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Post #6913119th Sep 2010 7:28 pm
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No i didnt hit anything prior to the breakage the bolt broke on its own.
  
Post #6913589th Sep 2010 8:12 pm
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Heard of similar a few months ago but cant remember who posted it or when. Sad
   
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Hmmm.. I think I had the same happen. Is this the bolt you are referring to:?

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Post #69159010th Sep 2010 12:26 pm
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Yes thats the bolt that has broken.I am glad it didnt break on the motorway as i have just come back from France having done 2200 miles.It went as i was parking.
  
Post #69159410th Sep 2010 12:33 pm
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Is that a bolt or a ball joint?
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Post #69161810th Sep 2010 1:19 pm
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It's a bolt. It presses the tie-rod against the hub-assembly. The rod has a protrusion that goes into the hub. All the bolt has to do is keep it all pressed together, the stresses are handled by the rod/hub connection.

My bolt snapped off-road (in a simple dirt road). The real problem is that the bolt snapped flush with the hub. So there was not way to get it out to replace. The thing has red thread locker... It was a PAIN!

My friends and I are pretty sure that the problem is that the bolt was not tightened all the way in. This would make the bolt take stress in such a way that over time the steel would fatigue and break.

My mechanic tells me that this is a bolt that sometimes gets removed during the alignment process. He told me some dealers don't re-use it, and the new one has new thread locker...

As far as me getting back on the road.... Here is a pic of what we had to do:
I had 3 wheel steering! Actually some of my crazy friends want to change the rod with hydraulic something-or-other, to actually have 4ws! (albeit not much in the rear). I will not let them get their hands on the D3!

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Post #69164610th Sep 2010 2:58 pm
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3 WS:

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Post #69165110th Sep 2010 3:04 pm
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I posted a topic months ago what this part was called. Reason being i had 4 wheel allignment done by stealer. Couple months later it was back in because they didn't get it right. It was to do with front wheels but they said rear tow arms need replacing as well. Hmm this as got me thinking because in less than 500 miles their telling me they worn Shocked Now me thinks they cocked up and didn't replace the bolts when they did 4 wheel allignment




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My mechanic tells me that this is a bolt that sometimes gets removed during the alignment process. He told me some dealers don't re-use it, and the new one has new thread locker...
  
Post #69175510th Sep 2010 7:57 pm
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I think it's ok to re-use the bolt. Is problably more of an issue of the blue-lock-glue thing.
If you look at the diagram, there is no real reason for them to remove the bolt on the side of the hub, but hey who knows.

There are bushings and rubber boots on this arm, and I guess they can wear down. What's your milege?

Where did you get the nice 3d color diagram?
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Post #69177210th Sep 2010 8:48 pm
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Milage was 20.000 miles at the time. Am now at nearly 22.000 miles! I "borrowed" the pic from wiggs Embarassed
  
Post #69180910th Sep 2010 10:21 pm
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This happened to me this weekend. The bolt broke in half right where it leaves the knuckle in the wheel assembly. $8 part, $180 in labor to drill the old one out and install a new one.

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We did a repair on the trail with cinch straps, drove a mile or so off the trail with no problems. We applied forward tension to hold the bar into its nested position and kept tightening the straps every so often.

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Post #69181611th Sep 2010 12:08 am
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The car will be repaired by my AA cover hope too get it back next week.
  
Post #69182611th Sep 2010 5:34 am
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Can you let us know how successful your claim to the AA is. I also have AA cover, but not used it since getting it 4 months ago....Ive not heard how good or bad they are at paying out yet??
  
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