Edelbrock Trailing Arms and Panhard Rod

[guruerror]

I'm looking for the Edelbrock Trailing Arms (#5260) and Panhard Rod (#5262)

Apparently these items have been discontinued by Edelbrock, but I'm certain there has to be some somewhere sitting on a shelf waiting to be bought. I started with trailduty.com who thought they were on back order but eventually found out they had been discontinued.

I've googled the part numbers and tried all the other vendors that came up (not many)...same story, "none in stock...item discontinued."

Does anyone have a good, 'lesser known' source that might have these on hand?

EDIT: Found the panhard rod on ebay...still looking for the trailing arms.

[guruerror]

As I mentioned, I found the panhard rod on ebay ($95.00...and there's one left, search 'edelbrock 5262') and I went with a set of Hotchkis trailing arms since the Edelbrocks were so hard to find. I didn't realize that Hotchkis made arms for our trucks.

Thanks anyway...

[guruerror]

The dealer can't seem to get the Hotchkis arms installed...says:

1. They're too narrow and wiggle when mounted in the brackets
2. The bolts which came with them are incorrect

Rolling back to stock trailing arms...for now. Those Edelbrocks are out there somewhere...

[guruerror]

Called Hotchkis...found out that the company I ordered from sent me the wrong arms. They shipped the 1302s instead of the 1305s. The correct ones are being shipped out as a replacement.

SIDE NOTE: The dealer wants to install the arms upside down so the zerks are on the top instead of the bottom. I agree with their thinking as I wouldn't want to break a zerk while off-roading, but I thought I'd ask:

Does anyone see an issue with installing the arms upside down?

They've already modded my frame a bit to give the zerks clearance.

[Scarsman]

How much were the Hotchkis arms? How about some pics when you get them on!

[guruerror]

Originally Posted by Scarsman

How much were the Hotchkis arms? How about some pics when you get them on!

To be honest...I paid too much (about $400). If I'd of done just a bit more research on them I could have saved about $100 by going with Summit Racing.

The 1305s just arrived and they are clearly thicker then the 1302s...these should fit fine. I'm dropping the truck off tomorrow evening to get the trailing arms and Kryptonite tie rods installed. I'll post some pics Friday.

[NJ H2]

Originally Posted by guruerror

SIDE NOTE: The dealer wants to install the arms upside down so the zerks are on the top instead of the bottom. I agree with their thinking as I wouldn't want to break a zerk while off-roading, but I thought I'd ask:

Does anyone see an issue with installing the arms upside down?

They've already modded my frame a bit to give the zerks clearance.

How did installing them upside down work? I didn't buy them because I knew I would shear off the Zerk wheeling and I never thought about installing them up side down

[guruerror]

Funny thing is...we talked about installing them upside down, but when they did the work the other tech put them in right-side up. From the way it looks, it would have worked, but it would have made greasing them a real b!tch.

I'm still wheeling my truck...theoretically, yes, they could be broken off. If and when that happens I'll just deal with it.