LEAF SPRING RESILIENT SUPPORTS
FIG 8:1 Front suspension
SHOCK ABSORBER
SWINGING ARM
SWINGING
ARM
PIN
KING PIN
LEAF SPRING
KING PIN
HOUSING
FIG 8:2 Right front suspension
hydraulic jack slowly so allowing the spring to be
lowered from the underside of the vehicle.
8 Using Fiat wrench A.56030, disconnect the hydraulic
shock absorber from the kingpin housing. Also remove
the swinging arm pin mounting nuts and remove the
pin.
9 Using Fiat drift A.66056 or a suitably sized drift
remove the 'estenblock' from the kingpin housing.
Using a suitably sized punch remove the block pin
from the kingpin, remove the lower plug and take off
the kingpin.
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FIG 8:4 Section through one spring mounting
Key to Fig 8:3 1 Kingpin housing 2 Estendblock
3 Pin, swinging arm to kingpin housing 4 Half-arm
5 and 6 Nut and splitpin 7 Screw, welded on body
8 Nut, mounting, pin 13 to body 9 Rubber buffer
mounting nut 10 Body panel 11 and 12 Camber and
castor adjustment shims 13 Pin, swinging arm to body
14 Spacer 15 Cups, for rubber bush 16 Rubber bush
FIG 8 :3 Section through left swinging arm
Description:
The spring comprises a main leaf and four assister
leaves. Specially shaped polyethylene insulation strips
are fitted between the leaves which are held together by a
centre bolt and two elastically mounted side clips as
shown in FIG 8 : 1. The leaf spring is attached to the
8:3 Leaf spring
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