Disco 1 Trailing arm.

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Steviecops

Steviecops

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Anyone ever had a rear trailing arm snap? It happened to me a few weeks ago and was ‘interesting’ to say the least! Driving home having to use opposite lock, both ways, just to keep it on the road when going on or coming off the throttle! Just glad it was a cheap and easy fix.
 
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Ooooh, Thanks for the pics.

Technically i think the term is fubarred. Glad to see you got away with it and it was not more of an issue,

Cheers
 
Had the exact same thing happen on an old Nissan Bluebird, welded it back together and auctioned it.
To happen to a tractor is not something I would expect at all.
 
Steviecops said:
Anyone ever had a rear trailing arm snap? It happened to me a few weeks ago and was ‘interesting’ to say the least! Driving home having to use opposite lock, both ways, just to keep it on the road when going on or coming off the throttle! Just glad it was a cheap and easy fix.
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You must be a bit hard on the machinery Stevie, I've done a bit of thrashing on the dirt but not broken one of those, ever, bent one but not broken.
 
My disco has never been off road! The two 4x4 specialists I went to, to get a new one, had never heard or seen of a tubular trailing arm snapping like that.
 
dieseldog69 said:
How far did you drive it like that on the road?

Just saw you're in Essex, carry on, you're a couple of hundred miles away from me thank Christ.[/QUOTE
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dieseldog69 said:
How far did you drive it like that on the road?

Just saw you're in Essex, carry on, you're a couple of hundred miles away from me thank Christ.
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luckily, I was 5 minutes from Home on country lanes.
 
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