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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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well i was just driving down the road and hit a decent bump and heard a loud BANG! and felt it as well. every other bump i hit i could hear the bang and feel it hit the bottom of the car. WTF! so i drive home...very slowly, jack the car up, then start turning the rear wheels back and forth and i can see the rear swaying back and forth, then i look at the forward end of the torque arm and it just moves freely, like it is disconnected. is this a common problem for them? how much is it to replace as well?

::very pissed off::
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Check the the tailshaft of the transmission where the torque arm mounts. Hopefully it's just a broken mount or torque arm.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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I'm assuming you have the tailshaft mounted version but I would check that. This happened to my buddy also and it cracked the tailshaft. He ended up having to get a new one.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 02:43 AM
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Samething happened to me mine just came loose.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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first my bushing went to crap and yo ucould hear a * thump thump thump* and then the bolt actually started to back out..you M6 guys know what i am talkin about...but when i upgraded to a BMR TQ Arm it came with a new bushing and after swappin that out and getting a better bolt and torqin it down... no troubles yet....
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