Those GW perch repair plates work great. I recently finished that job.
Thanks again Dennis for pointing me to those perches.

At the OP. FWIW, on the four sets of trailing arms I had, (set I
replaced, used "ok" set)
each set had:

- perches that were "lifting" an equal amount
- lots of rust inside perch "hat"
- some rust under perch itself.
The rust on each arm below the perch was not excessive. My point is,
it may well be worth doing both arms since rust progress under those
plates may be very similar.

But then I tend to be a "while I'm in there" kind of guy.

Also, I don't know if it's bad from a handling point of view, but
after installing new zero lift GW springs, I now notice that the front
is higher.

Some pics of my trailing arm project. They show the rust I wrote of:

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/1981TrailingArmReplacement#

On 7/7/15, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> For the rear spring seat I have become quite adept at repairing them. Now I
> am spoiled as GoWesty sells a weld on fix for $24.
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23662&category_id=&category_parent_id=
>
> Add a new spring plate cushion and all can be good.
> Consider at this point that it is time for new springs. The rears tend to
> break at those reduced coils at the bottom and then there is a chance of a
> spring falling out. The car behind you will not be pleased. For mostly stock
> vans I  like the springs from Syncro.org.  These are also sold through van
> café. I have done so many over the last two years I stock them.

-- 
Neil n

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