I thought I would post these pictures of the independent rear suspension set up as used on Electron Minors. This was offered as an option to the live axle from 1960 on Mk2 EM`s onwards, it uses the Herald diff/ driveshafts and hubs with Fairthorpe designed arms and coil over shock absorbers instead of the Triumph transverse leaf spring. The Fairthorpe arms were connected to the chassis with Triumph trackrod ends to allow for the movement of the arms as the suspension went up and down. The independent rear end gave a more comfortable ride over uneven roads but suffered from the dreaded wheel tuck under on hard cornering, it was an improvement on the Triumph set up but if you were going racing the live axle was the way to go. The second picture shows a lot of negative camber on the wheels as it had been on a jack, one it had the weight of the body and engine/gearbox in it and it was rolled forwards they moved into a near vertical position. This chassis was from an EM i rebuilt many years ago, i converted it to a live axle set up as i was going racing with it.
No comments:
Post a Comment