Rear axle suspension (Rear suspension)

DESCRIPTION support both sides of the ’A’ frame of the link assembly, secured by single retaining bolts. The rear suspension locates the rear axle with two round section steel lower link arms and a forged ’A’ Two rubber bearing bushes with retaining straps, frame upper link assembly. This system allows secure the rear of the anti-roll bar, if fitted, to the maximum axle articulation and wheel travel while chassis mountings, while bushed links support the maintaining roll stiffness and directional stability. front of the anti-roll [sway] bar to the axle.

The link arm is secured by a single retaining nut to the Conventional long travel coil springs and hydraulic chassis mounting, comprising a rubber bushed shock absorbers are used to control body movement. bracket, which is retained by three fixings. A ferrule The shock absorbers are secured to chassis mounting rubber bush with a single retaining bolt is used to brackets and fabricated lower mountings welded to to secure the link arm to its axle mounting. the rear axle. Retaining plates are used to secure the coil springs to the axle mounting while fabricated The upper link assembly is located on the rear brackets, welded to to the chassis, are used for the differential housing by a pivot ball-pin assembly. Two upper spring location. brackets, bolted to the chassis crossmember,

Rear axle suspension

1. ’A’ frame, upper link assembly
2. Lower link
3. Coil springs
4. Shock absorber