Bent rear vertical link

[haggis]

Hi, and Merry Christmas to you all. Just managed to wangle some pre-christmas time in the garage and following a rear end noise decided to strip down rear axle and check everything, as I was doing so the vertical link didn't quite look right, looked bent or mis-shapen . Can anyone tell me if there are any visual checks or dimensions that might help?in the case of the photo, the shock mount doesn't look at 90' (assumed?) to the two vertical elements and one of them appears bent in the middle (not great on photo)

 

Any help as always greatly appreciated. I think I might need a new one.

 

Thanks Hag

 

 

 

 

[Pete Lewis]

Sorry been feeding the reindeer

 

the verticals are faily crude pressings, the two main olt holes should be in line the shocker is less critical and doesnt matter that much

if the uprights are abit wonky dont think it would affect much other than visual

 

damn ive lost me carrot , but the sherry is good

[haggis]

Hi Pete, glad you didn't lose your sherry that would have been a disaster and cheers for the info, sounds like there's norhimg to worry about, I'll give it a scrub and a lick of paint and stick it back on, have a good Christmas

Hag