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Rear Suspension.
The rear suspension is fully independent, having a Chapman strut type construction incorporating coil springs and dampers. The upper end of the spring and damper unit joins the chassis by means of a Lotocone flexible mounting. The springs in these units are powerful and if accidentally released during disassembly shoot high into the air. Removing them is a job which requires expert use of the right tools!
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A cast rear bearing housing is the attachment point for the lower end of the spring damper unit and is itself held in place by a lower wishbone arm mounted onto the chassis. The bearing housing accepts both the drive shafts and the brake calipers.
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Rear suspension removed for cleaning and painting during a chassis change |
On each side of the car, drive to the wheels from the differential is by means of a driveshaft, which is connected to the differential and wheel by means of Rotoflex couplings. These doughnuts, as they are popularly known, allow for movement in the final drive although they do introduce an element of surge which needs some getting use to at first.
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The rear suspension in place on the chassis |
