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Interesting... at nearly 300K I was quite certain nothing would ever wear out back there! Mine seem fine but someday when I get around to raising the rear suspension back to where it should be Your saying that I should change these out for some spares I have with less mileage?? I could buy another car for what even a junkyard would want for a Porche part... interesting to know there the same though. Keith > > You suffer a common problem... your trailing arms are worn out. > > The camber of your rear suspension is ~80% determined by the trailing arms. > The bushings on the inner end of the trailing arms don't go bad very easily, > although sometimes the pivot bolt falls out (make sure it's still there :-). > What usually happens is that with age, the weak little VW trailing arms > bend. > > The spring-plate bushings go bad with age very often. However, the thing > they're most responsible for is toe. It is a good idea to replace them, as > the ability for your car to maintain a constant toe will GREATLY help > handling, but it likely won't help very much with the excessive camber > problem. > > If you want, you can get early (83-85.5) 944 trailing arms. They are the > identical package size, track width, stub axle configuration, bearings, etc. > as VW, only they have extra interal reinforcement and are 10-15 years > younger. > > Take care, > Shad Laws > LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance > http://www.lnengineering.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >