Tuesday 31 March 2015

Rear Suspension

I was a bit slack at taking photos of the back end...

Here's one of the suspension in place:
The long bolt through the bottom of the hub carrier is waaaaaaaay too long.  The IVA inspector will look for at least 2-3 threads past any lock nut, so I added 4 penny washers to the bolt, hacksawed the end off in line with the washers and then made rounded the bolt end with my Dremel.

The photo shows the arrangement of washers needed, from right-to-left: bolt head, flat washer, penny washer, bush, wishbone, bush, penny washer, hub carrier, penny washer, bush, wishbone, bush, penny washer, flat washer, lock nut, 2-3 threads.

Bolts at the front end have been inserted from the front, so I decided on inserting bolts from the rear at the back end.

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