C3 Corvette Trailing Arm Removal in 20 Minutes 

I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the heads up 👍.

Good deal, good luck👍.

Thanks, Stanley. Glad you enjoyed it👍.

Yep, that is how it works about 80% of the time😁.

Thanks buddy👍

Yep, that is the fate of the majority of them. I half expected to find the same situation with this car and not be able to finish this video, but I got very lucky indeed👍.

I hear ya, that's the thing you always want to not happen. Unfortunately your at the point of cutting the bolts out with a sawzall equipped with good bi-metal blades. After you get the alignment shims out, use a shorter blade, spray some lubricant in there, and cut through on each side of the trailing arm. It's tedious and time-consuming, but it will get it done. Let me know how it goes.

Hey Randy, thanks for the feedback. The front bumper is definitely a pickle to get at. Are you trying to save your current bumper, or replacing it with a new one?

Front & rear bumpers are in pretty good shape since the car has been spared a lot of UV light most of its life. I finally got the front off a few days ago even though many of the #10 nuts were pretty rusted and a bear to get to and remove. All good now. Body is off and I’ll start ‘sanitizing’ the frame this week. West Coast Engines was balancing the new engine when I checked a few weeks ago so it should be coming in soon. Fingers crossed no major issues in the future. Thanks for responding as always. r

No problem, my friend👍

AL, you had me laughing out loud with your comment/testimony. 1000% correct this is a TERRIBLE job. It's so terrible in fact, I had avoided even attempting to make a how to video of trailing arm removal until I noticed this frame had stainless hardware installed. I have a nasty field find 74 that still has the body installed I'm going to start tearing down, so just for grins I'll make another video documenting what it's really like trying to get the C3 trailing arms bolts removed.

Oh, come on, guys. It ain't half as bad as assembling nuclear warheads. Before long, you'll have the scarred hands of a lifelong Harley-Davidson mechanic!

Assembling a nuclear warhead, now that would be a video I would watch😁.

That would be called the "abandoned in a Texas field" look. Lots of surface/flash corrosion on the exposed metal, but no terminal rot. It's very common down this way.

You figured it out, but for the other viewers, C3 generation of Corvettes runs from 1968 through 1982👍.

Man, that's the truth. You just reminded me it's about time for my tetanus shot😁.

@VetteSource 😄😄 Hope ya had a great extended weekend, Brother

Definitely, the problem was finding stuff to occupy my time😁.

@VetteSource cmon over to SC and tell me how to put this rolling nightmare back together... bwahaha