Sunday, June 28, 2009

Lotus rear hub bearings, pt. 3

The inner u-joint was a lot less trouble until the very end, but it was still a fight. One bearing ended up a tad tight. I hope this does not rob too much power!

By the end of the day I had istalled the driveshaft in the hub bearings, attached the inboard end of the driveshaft to the transaxle, and installed the forward trailing arm bolt. There were two shim washers between the mount and the trailing arm. In place of the roll pins on the driveshaft coupling I use precision ground AN bolts and self locking nuts.

First thing to do next time is to reconnect the brake hose.

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