Dave

Thanks, but I didn’t make the arm! Just the angled spring pads and plastic.

The angled metal part, was about 1/8” mild steel. 

Alistair 

> On Jul 23, 2022, at 2:15 PM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:
> 
> Wow Alistair!  You are quite a metal worker, from a guy who worked with some excellent sheet metal men.  What material did you use for the trailing arm?
> 
> Dave B.
> the Boston one
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Sat, Jul 23, 2022 12:41 pm
> Subject: [VANAGON] Trailing arm replacement
> 
> Finally getting round to posting a few pics of the trailing arm chore I did l=
> ast month. I had modified the arms , a welded angled spring plate. Seems to w=
> ork so far :-)
> 
> Blog post here
> 
> https://shufti.blog/2022/07/23/vanagon-trailing-arm-replacement/
> 
> 
> Alistair=20=