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Decided it was now time to put the back suspension together. I
firstly connected the differential to the cross tube then with some help
lifted the two onto the chassis and placed the 2 large bolts through the
rubber mount to the chassis. Before they were tightened up, the
back differential bracket was held in place while four holes were
drilled to allow 4 bolts to hold this in place. The 4 bolts and 2
through the chassis were then tightened.
I then connected the swing-arms back on to the cross tube having already bolted in the spring locators. Again to add build quality these were first painted. Swing-arms bolts were tightened but not torqued to the correct settings as I wish to wait until the chassis is on its wheels. Placed the springs in position then with a little help ( and a lot of moaning from the wife) placed the springs under tension while fitted the shock absorbers. The shocks took a great deal of washers to pack out! It was then time to place to drive-shafts back into the assembly with the brake back-plates and torque up to the correct settings. After these were in place I refitted the back brake cylinders. I checked the cylinders out first and found one had seized so stripped and cleaned-up. Once the cylinders were back in place I could then run the final brake pipes runs from the flexi pipes to the cylinders. Below is how it looks with the back end on!
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