miserable rear suspension
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2002 10:42 pm
Posted by tim
Greetings... Tom, isn't putting the rear suspension together fun? (Ok I have a weird sense of fun). One of the problems I had was keeping the rear shackle from going over-center; that is the rear shackle pointing from the chassis upwards instead of down. Just when you thing everythings right you hear a loud bang and the rear shackle has repostioned itself. Right now, you should have the axle housing hanging from the limit cable. At this point, put a jack under the spring just behind where the spring plate mounts and raise the spring up to the axle. When you get it almost there, you should be able to wiggle the axle around a little to get it to mate with the spring. I used a long tapered pry-bar to line things up. Once you get one bolt in you will smile almost as much as when you get all 4 in. Putting the rear suspension together was one of the most miserable tasks I've done on any of my toys. tim
Greetings... Tom, isn't putting the rear suspension together fun? (Ok I have a weird sense of fun). One of the problems I had was keeping the rear shackle from going over-center; that is the rear shackle pointing from the chassis upwards instead of down. Just when you thing everythings right you hear a loud bang and the rear shackle has repostioned itself. Right now, you should have the axle housing hanging from the limit cable. At this point, put a jack under the spring just behind where the spring plate mounts and raise the spring up to the axle. When you get it almost there, you should be able to wiggle the axle around a little to get it to mate with the spring. I used a long tapered pry-bar to line things up. Once you get one bolt in you will smile almost as much as when you get all 4 in. Putting the rear suspension together was one of the most miserable tasks I've done on any of my toys. tim