New Radius Arms ?
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New Radius Arms ?
The existing XKE trailing arms, being rubber mounted don't allow for any adjustment in fore and aft movement of the rear axels.
Soooo I removed my rusted and worn arms, ( I had to slit cut the cups off the floor mounts they were so rusted in place). I cleaned up the cup welded the slit I'd made in removing it and fabricated new plates to be welded to the sides of the cup. Take a look at my detailed drawing how to. The other pictures show the 1" tube arms, the nuts welded to the ends of the tubes, the mount for the sway bar attachment, and the poly joint at the front and hemi joint at the axel.
This fabricated bar gives free movement to the axels while providing positive axel location for tractive forces. The fabrication cost less than the rubber replacements and gives better results. Tell me what you think.
Soooo I removed my rusted and worn arms, ( I had to slit cut the cups off the floor mounts they were so rusted in place). I cleaned up the cup welded the slit I'd made in removing it and fabricated new plates to be welded to the sides of the cup. Take a look at my detailed drawing how to. The other pictures show the 1" tube arms, the nuts welded to the ends of the tubes, the mount for the sway bar attachment, and the poly joint at the front and hemi joint at the axel.
This fabricated bar gives free movement to the axels while providing positive axel location for tractive forces. The fabrication cost less than the rubber replacements and gives better results. Tell me what you think.
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The fore and aft movement was cushioned by the rubber bushing, to stiffen the ride the would turn the bushing 90 degrees to alter the position of the "holes" that allowed the give. A hard connection between the axle (which has a small bushing) and the cup will put a lot of shear force on the cup and its mount, especially if the plate is only riveted with no internal bracing. I have seen the cups and mounting area deformed and cracked even with the stock bushing. WIll give a much more responsive ride however
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cup mounting.
The forces that apply to the floor mounted cup that Jaguar designed into the car have not been increased ! Those forces are still cushioned by a rubber bushing in the forward eye mount and the imposed load is still correctly distributed by the
cup and its attachment to the floor. If you have experienced damage to the mounts in an XKE in this area perhaps the floor reinforcing plate was rusty or the rivets / welds had been compromised. This CUP MOUNT is the only way acceleration and braking loads are transmitted to the car, it is its inherent design.
cup and its attachment to the floor. If you have experienced damage to the mounts in an XKE in this area perhaps the floor reinforcing plate was rusty or the rivets / welds had been compromised. This CUP MOUNT is the only way acceleration and braking loads are transmitted to the car, it is its inherent design.
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The forward end of this modification provides a polyurethane bushing (just behind the cup),
this gives better road noise insulation. The rear mount of this radius arm has a hemi joint to give pivoting action to the half shaft but provides positive location to the axel at all times !
This system is used in a lot of competition Jags and also works great for hard street use.
This modification prevents unwanted "rear steering".
this gives better road noise insulation. The rear mount of this radius arm has a hemi joint to give pivoting action to the half shaft but provides positive location to the axel at all times !
This system is used in a lot of competition Jags and also works great for hard street use.
This modification prevents unwanted "rear steering".
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