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bluebird trailing arms
Glan Noye - 23/3/04 at 10:00 PM

I have raided a couple of Nissan Bluebirds and have the adjustable upper rear suspension links to use for my trailing arms.I see others have used these.Have they been OK? I was considering sleeving down the bushes as 12mm bolts seem a bit bulky.Has anyone else done this?If so did you use 10mm or 8mm bolts?


Mark Allanson - 23/3/04 at 10:10 PM

Not 10 seconds ago, I posted in the chassis section about these!

I have used them, they have 14mm eyes, so I just opened out the holes to use 14mm bolts. I used one non adjustable as a datum and 3 adjustable to fine tune the axle. The 4th one I extended to make a panhard rod, again fully adjustable.

You can see the panhard rod clearly in this shot, and a bit of the trailing arms Rescued attachment CapriAxle.jpg
Rescued attachment CapriAxle.jpg


Glan Noye - 23/3/04 at 11:40 PM

Looks good Mark is that a capri axle?also looking at your hand brake cable.Is it cnnected to a midget lever by any chance? if so what cable did you use?


Mark Allanson - 24/3/04 at 08:02 AM

Yes, it is Capri, with Capri handbrake cable and Sierra lever (not shown)