99 Outback Portland, OR area.

 

Ok, first, what it this thing called? Right rear wheel.

 

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss152/daredevil1166/IMG-20110112-00056.jpg

 

Second, obviously I need one. I haven't seen an Outback in a junkyard around here in awhile. Anyone have one of these on a parts car or hanging around?

 

Or have you recently seen an Outback in a junkyard in the Portland metro area?

 

What other years/models would fit?

 

Thanks

Lateral Link?

 

Thanks. It would be #32 in that diagram.

 

Looks like they call it a "rear trailing link".

 

I couldn't find a diagram to my specific car, but that one tells me what it is.

 

Another diagram I found calls it a "lateral rod".

 

So what's the common name for it?

Edited January 12, 201115 yr by daredevil1166

Looks like item 26 to me:

 

http://www.subarupartsforyou.com/cp_partdetail.php?partid=5898

 

Part No.: 20255AA300

 

The part that is bent in your photo looks like a lateral link because its parallel with the drive shaft.

Edited January 12, 201115 yr by Mike104

Nice tires. How does that thing ride with no rear sway bar? Ship at sea?

 

 

That's a lateral link.

Looks like item 26 to me:

 

http://www.subarupartsforyou.com/cp_partdetail.php?partid=5898

 

Part No.: 20255AA300

 

The part that is bent in your photo looks like a lateral link because its parallel with the drive shaft.

 

I may have been reading it wrong but when I checked Opposed Forces it said. "RR rear trailing link". That's what confused me.

 

Thanks, for clearing it up.

 

Now, anyone got one?

Nice tires. How does that thing ride with no rear sway bar? Ship at sea?

 

 

That's a lateral link.

 

Thanks. They are.

 

Rides well. It's lifted with strut top blocks, and that helped stiffen things up so there's not a huge difference with out the sway bar. Broke the front sway bar on dunes, so I took them both off(better articulation off road). They'll be going back in with easy disconnects.

Why don't you just heat that sucker up and bend it back straight? Wrap the end with the bushing in wet rags......

 

If you have access to a press you could straighten it that way as well.

 

Bring it over if you like - I can straighten that in about 20 minutes.

 

GD

They are made of pretty soft stuff, not hardened, and like said, it can be straightened if you do it carefully.

Why don't you just heat that sucker up and bend it back straight?

 

I did. But bending it, then bending it back stretched it out. Now the toe is off and won't adjust out.

 

It'll never be the same anyway.

 

It just needs to be replaced.

Drill/dremel oval out the hole in the sub-frame where the link attaches. Your adjustment plate for the cam-head bolt is gone anyway.

Also did you check to see if the sub-frame had shifted any? Hits like that will usually make it move a little, and loosening the bolts that attach it to the chassis will allow it to just slip right back into place.

Heat it cherry red and dowse it - it will shrink back to it's normal size.

 

GD

I believe they are the same in the outback and the forester. I have one. PM me with an offer and we can get you back on the road.

Actually, I checked and they are the same, so Id efinately have one for you.

I believe they are the same in the outback and the forester. I have one. PM me with an offer and we can get you back on the road.

 

Hey cool, someone addressing what I asked for instead of what they think I need.

 

Thanks, but I think the shipping would be an issue. They want 12.99 at the local yards. If only they had any.

The issue is that you need one and they don't have one. how about 10 and let me see what shipping would be? What is your zip so I can get a shipping amt.?

The issue is that you need one and they don't have one. how about 10 and let me see what shipping would be? What is your zip so I can get a shipping amt.?

 

Sure.

 

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Don't get me wrong man - I would replace it if I had one or knew where to get one easily - hell I would give you one if I had one to give..... But in lieu of that I would do what I had to in order to get it back on the road in the meantime - cut out a section and reweld, shrink it with hot/cold, etc. There are ways and I would NOT be without my wheels for long.

 

Just trying to help.....

 

GD

It's on the road. I just don't want a twice bent suspension part under my car.

They are just mild steel - if there was any question about integrity I would just shrink a sleeve over it and weld it in place if I couldn't find a replacement..... but mild steel is really forgiving and bending it and then returning it to straight shouldn't cause an issue with it. This isn't a sway bar that's heat treated.

 

GD