Trailing arm mount broken, rusted, busted, not any more! Options

[lotus_65]

I knew this ear was broken and I should have fixed it when the engine was out, but I didn't.

It kinda fell apart when we disassembled it!

Inside we found much nastiness to clean out. A combination of compressed air and various picks pulled all the loose items out. this included things you normally wouldn't want inside a structural part of a car, but that's kinda on the original engineers.

My bugs buddy Denny (way smarter than me, yet unemployed) was willing to help!

This is a wicked wheel!

It only looks like Denny's working... I did most of the dirty work! But the true craftsman needs to be satisfied with the details, right?

[brant]

I've ripped a couple of these out
they really are not due to battery acid
they are due to cornering and tires that are much wider and gripper than the car was designed for.

one that I ripped out, was on a replacement (1year old) console with no rust and no scale what so ever.

i strongly recommend bracing on all cars driven hard enough, or driven with enough tire to rip in this area