alright so im installing rear trailing arms and on the removal, one side's compensator arm didnt want to come out, it would just spin freely....so i removed the front most compensator arm from the trailing arm assembly and it was left stuck on the chassis while the rest came off....i cut out the bolt and now...i can't find the nut that stays in the frame that the bolt was bolted into. the one that adjusts toe. where the hell can that thing go? it seems like its puched all the way back or even laying down flat....how the hell am i supposed to get 'er back in place?

car is a 1992 VX

 

up.

 

up please

 

Im not a GURU but if you can post pictures i might be able to help a little...I replaced my trailing arm on my EM1 and i might be able to provide some insight

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CH3A:chris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im not a GURU but if you can post pictures i might be able to help a little...I replaced my trailing arm on my EM1 and i might be able to provide some insight</TD></TR></TABLE>

everyone loves pics...ill take some soon

 

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everyone loves pics...ill take some soon</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

A guy had the same problem a few months ago, he posted it in this forum. Gosh I wish I knew the title of the thread or his screen name. I'll see if I can look it up, he posted how he did it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EL Vap133 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">A guy had the same problem a few months ago, he posted it in this forum. Gosh I wish I knew the title of the thread or his screen name. I'll see if I can look it up, he posted how he did it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

that would be awesome, i tried searching but i dont know WTF this thing is called, i ended up with like 20 searches, 0 results

 

I've read that if that nut thats inside the frame gets lost (the one from the compensator arm aka the toe arm) then your almost SOL w/o cutting an access hole to fish the nut back up to align it or use a new one. The compensator arm nut kind of 'rides' in a channel so when you loosen the nut to adjust to it slides to allow adjustment. I just hope I dont run into the same problem when I put my SPC adjustable toe-compensator arms in.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've read that if that nut thats inside the frame gets lost (the one from the compensator arm aka the toe arm) then your almost SOL w/o cutting an access hole to fish the nut back up to align it or use a new one. The compensator arm nut kind of 'rides' in a channel so when you loosen the nut to adjust to it slides to allow adjustment. I just hope I dont run into the same problem when I put my SPC adjustable toe-compensator arms in.</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh man i was affraid of this.

 

You're going to have to cut a hole to retrieve the nut.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1619903
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1636282

Why did you have the TAs off?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You're going to have to cut a hole to retrieve the nut.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1619903
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1636282

Why did you have the TAs off?</TD></TR></TABLE>

disc conversion....and im pretty fuked i see, i wont be able to weld it until spring i might have to cut the "I" shaped hole and JB weld it until spring. i dont know, this project has been gruesome both phisicly, mentally and financially, i am COMPLETELY drained of money and 3 months time (i dont have that much time per week to work on the car, plus there was alot of waiting involved) it all started with something so dumb....this is really getting to my deepest nerve, thans kfor your help guys

 

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Yet another one. Nobody ever listens to me.

How many times do I have to tell people not to remove or mess with any arms for a simple rear brake swap All you have to do is unbolt the drum hub assembly from the TA and bolt on the new disc hub and caliper. Ugh.

Sorry, I'm not picking on you in particular, but I get frustrated when I see this happen over and over.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Yet another one. Nobody ever listens to me.

How many times do I have to tell people not to remove or mess with any arms for a simple rear brake swap All you have to do is unbolt the drum hub assembly from the TA and bolt on the new disc hub and caliper. Ugh.

Sorry, I'm not picking on you in particular, but I get frustrated when I see this happen over and over.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow, tomorrow, JUST for you, i'll go snap a picture of the HORRID condition the hub/caliper assembly is in, i live in canada and my car has 275xxx kms on it...i snapped ONE bolt in this entire affair wouldent be so bad if it wasnt for this STUPID compensator arm problem...sorry if im coming off strong but as i said im am COMPLETELY drained of everything that makes me a good person, i HATE this car now and i HATE working on it, but i'll be damned if im gona walk in -40* temps and knee high snow

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Yet another one. Nobody ever listens to me.

How many times do I have to tell people not to remove or mess with any arms for a simple rear brake swap All you have to do is unbolt the drum hub assembly from the TA and bolt on the new disc hub and caliper. Ugh.

Sorry, I'm not picking on you in particular, but I get frustrated when I see this happen over and over.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I find it easier to replace the whole arm.

 

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Until you end up with a bent arm, and the car won't align afterwards. Or you break/strip LCA or compensator arm bolts. Or you lose the toe adjuster nut inside the chassis. Or you have to swap TA bushings because the salvaged ones are shot. Or . . .

I prefer to just crank off the Torx bolts with an impact driver, swap the hubs, and be done with it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Until you end up with a bent arm, and the car won't align afterwards. Or you break/strip LCA or compensator arm bolts. Or you lose the toe adjuster nut inside the chassis. Or you have to swap TA bushings because the salvaged ones are shot. Or . . .

I prefer to just crank off the Torx bolts with an impact driver, swap the hubs, and be done with it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Never happened to me. Plus I have lifetime alignments at good ol' Discount Tire Center.

 

At least be sure to use an impact torx socket. My socket just shattered when I tried. Soaked it in PB Blaster for a couple of nights before I tried again. Didn't break the new torx bit but couldn't budge those bolts. I ended up swapping out the entire TA instead.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DrSeuss &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">At least be sure to use an impact torx socket. My socket just shattered when I tried. Soaked it in PB Blaster for a couple of nights before I tried again. Didn't break the new torx bit but couldn't budge those bolts. I ended up swapping out the entire TA instead. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ha! I knew it can go wrong both ways! Glad it finally worked out for you!