Glan Noye
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 12:00 AM |
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rear suspension and axle brackets
Hi this is my first post here.Iam resuming my build after a 6 month layoff.My chassis is all tacked together now.I am about to make my rear susp and
axle brkts.The book seems to have two different dims,are the trailing arm holes 110mm or 146mm apart?any pros or cons either way?Excellent site,has
been very helpful.Many thanks
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DavidM
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 12:43 AM |
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I did mine at 110mm on an Escort axle. Works OK.
I seem to remember that when I made mine, I was told by the now defunct Locost Ltd. that 146mm was an error in the book.
David
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Glan Noye
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 08:22 AM |
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thanks David I will start them now.Glan
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 08:47 AM |
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I used the larger measurement when I did mine. As long as you use the same at both ends you will be alright. If the arms are not parallel you will
have a rigid axle with no suspension travel.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 12:40 PM |
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GTS are selling them at a very good price -- one of those things it is worth considering buying in.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 12:47 PM |
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Incidentally, many people have replaced the 2 separate brackets at the front of each set of swinging arms with one length of u-section steel -
stronger, and simpler to line up and fit.
David
(I didn't do this, and wish I had - only found out afterwards  )
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Glan Noye
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 06:41 PM |
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Thanks David.I am going to do them this way.I am going to tack them back to back drill a pilot hole and use a bimetal hole cutter for the axle
brkts.Has anyone else tried this way?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 08:34 PM |
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David,
You mean like this, also note the book error hole drilled above the two correct one!! Good old Uncle Ron - tut tut
 
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Glan Noye
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 09:18 PM |
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Nice job Mark!is that the seat belt mounting on those two tubes in front.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 09:39 PM |
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Yes, - they are the outer mounts. I know its a bit of a strange setup, but thats where the seats dictated where the mount had to be. SVA man cannot
say that they are not triangulated!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 09:43 PM |
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Mark,
That's exactly what I meant...
...nice work, BTW!
rgds,
David
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 10:04 PM |
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It works really well with Nissan Bluebird trailing arms, they are adjustable, virtually free and a spare one can be extended to make an adjustable
panhard rod
 
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locost_bryan
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 posted on 23/3/04 at 11:35 PM |
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Which model/year Bluebird? fwd or rwd?
Bryan Miller
Auckland NZ
Bruce McLaren - "Where's my F1 car?"
John Cooper - "In that rack of tubes, son"
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Glan Noye
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 11:44 PM |
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FWD
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 11:50 PM |
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They are the transverse arms from the rear of a FWD. If you have to get them off a car in the scrappies, undo the rear subframe first (just 2 big
nuts), and you will have them off in 10 mins. You will need to find 2 cars as they only have 2 adjustable ones per car.
Age range 1984 to 1990
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Steve Hnz
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| posted on 24/3/04 at 03:30 AM |
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I think that the Nissan model nos. that have these track arms on them are the A11 & A12. In any case they`re the first of the FWD Bluebirds &
the next model. Thanks to Mark for the suggestion, I now have my trailing arms & panhard rod sorted. HTH, Cheers, Steve.
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