I have a 2 door 1967.5 122 with the dual tube style rear trailing arms. My car makes a unpleasant clunking noise when I brake hard or accelerate hard. It is not a major sound like something is going to give way, it just drives me nuts. When I was replacing my rear bushings, I noticed that the forward mounting hole for the driver side lower trailing arm seemed slightly stretched, but not much more than a millimeter, but the mounting bolt could wiggle a little bit. I am pretty sure that this is the source of my clunking noise. The metal that they used for the lower arm mounting points is for some reason of a lighter gauge than all of the other suspension mounts. I beleive a fellow named Trayracer had a similar problem which he documented on his web page about his 122, but his site is no longer up.

So how do I go about fixing this? I figured I could add a little metal with a welder then ream the hole to size. But my dilema is the exact positioning of the hole. How critical is the placement of this hole? Would a millimeter or two make a difference in the performance or safety of the car??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,