Installing the Rear Axle
Installing the engine and gearbox was something of a milestone as the project started to look like a car.
We have added to this impression with the installation of the rear axle.
This was quite easy and rather like a "meccano" kit with lots of links and bushes.
Stage 1 was attaching the top trailing arms to the rear frame and the bottom arms to the torsion bar which runs across the rear frame inside the bottom tube.
We then attached the axle to these links.
This view shows the linkage at the bottom of the axle casing to locate the lateral movement of the axle.
We made up some adjustable links in order to tension the torsion bar correctly and so set the ride hieght to the recommended setting. This is done by means of the splined inserts which at
tach the end of the torsion bar to the bottom trailing arm.
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