dustin 3/31/2012

1987 Mercedes Benz 300SDL Base 6Cyl3.0L - Steering & Suspension

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back control arm/trailing arm broke in half

is this the part name? Holds the rear wheel on

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  EG9 K20A3 4/2/2012

  Depends really, trailing arms are often found in FWD vehicles like the honda civic and looks like this
  
  http://www.itrsport.com/images/tech_large/tech_rsuspen.gif
  
  However, European cars, rarely have this set up and instead has this
  
  http://www.carsteering.com/data/all_images/93-80010-Map.jpg
  
  In which case i call them control arms

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