[Healeys] Differential Installation

[Bob Spidell]

I used urethane bushes for the Panhard rod ... didn't want to do that 
job twice.

On 6/5/2019 8:19 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> An interesting chore.
>
> Plus at the same time as fitting the rear axle you need to install the 
> Panhard rod which I have found to be a real pain in the bum.
>
> I became very friendly with both my trolley jack as well as a screw 
> type bottle jack. Yes lift the individual springs up with a jack until 
> you can start the threads, but I wouldn’t do them up until the very 
> end. It may help if the springs were not tightened completely. After 
> both sides are done up by just a few threads it’s time for the bottle 
> jack to be used horizontally and braced up against a wall or some 
> other immovable object and using some blocks of wood. Gently push the 
> whole rear axle from the passenger side (for right hand drive cars) 
> across until the Panhard rod goes into place. You may have to also 
> loosen up the triangular plate that the rod fits through. Be careful 
> that you don’t push the whole rear of the car off the stands so it 
> might be useful to brace the chassis on the other side with more wood 
> against another immovable object. After all that it’s a matter of 
> tightening all the fasteners.
>
> Worked for me and I was doing it myself.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Michael MacLean
> *Sent:* Thursday, 6 June 2019 12:30 PM
> *To:* Healeys
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Differential Installation
>
> OK, so I am very familiar with Bugeyes.  It is no problem attaching 
> the differential to a quarter elliptical leaf spring.  Today I 
> finished the installation of the leaf springs on my BN2 and with the 
> help of my son we muscled the differential (with the pumpkin) kind of 
> in place above the two frame rails. Excuse my ignorance, but what is 
> the procedure to bring the attachment point on the axle in contact 
> with the center of the leaf spring?  As it sits right now I am having 
> a tough time figuring this out.  Do I jack up the center of the leaf 
> spring with a jack until the u-bolt can get the nuts started?  When I 
> got this basket case, the rear end was held in with a come-a-long  and 
> the leaf springs were gone, by just cutting them off with a torch. No 
> experience here guys.  Just a suggestion or two would be great.
>
> Mike MacLean
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