Yesterday I spinned on a wet road (another thread discussing why) and hit the curb with rear wheels. I'm now trying to see if I can fix it myself. A month ago I replaced LCA and it was certainly doable. The rear looks more complicated, and I'm not yet sure what exactly has to be replaced.
Both trailing arms are bended (left side looks even twisted -- first I couldn't believe left and right side trailing arms are the same part!). Front lateral link on the left is obviously bended too. I'm not sure about the rear one and those on the right side -- visually they look OK. I'll probably replace the one in the left anyway and keep right side ones. It was relatively easy to unbolt trailing arms from wheel housing (I used electric impact wrench), but I can't see how could I possibly unbolt the other side of the arm. One idea is to remove the bracket (more bolts, but accessible), which attaches it to the body and then unbolt arm from the bracket.
Lateral links bolts securing them to the crossmember are all rusted, there is no space for a socket let alone impact wrench. I tried a "normal" wrench after lots of PB blaster but it was pathetic so I'm stuck. The big bolt holding links to the wheel hub is stuck too, but at least it's accessible so I only need bigger leverage to get it out.
Could anything else be bended / damaged? Axles look fine, not sure how to check them otherwise.
Both trailing arms are bended (left side looks even twisted -- first I couldn't believe left and right side trailing arms are the same part!). Front lateral link on the left is obviously bended too. I'm not sure about the rear one and those on the right side -- visually they look OK. I'll probably replace the one in the left anyway and keep right side ones. It was relatively easy to unbolt trailing arms from wheel housing (I used electric impact wrench), but I can't see how could I possibly unbolt the other side of the arm. One idea is to remove the bracket (more bolts, but accessible), which attaches it to the body and then unbolt arm from the bracket.
Lateral links bolts securing them to the crossmember are all rusted, there is no space for a socket let alone impact wrench. I tried a "normal" wrench after lots of PB blaster but it was pathetic so I'm stuck. The big bolt holding links to the wheel hub is stuck too, but at least it's accessible so I only need bigger leverage to get it out.
Could anything else be bended / damaged? Axles look fine, not sure how to check them otherwise.
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