>Seen a Lotus lately? In the Europa there is a bolt in the upper front
>suspension which goes through:
>trailing upper control arm
>frame
>top end of shock/spring unit
>frame
>leading upper control arm
>sway-bar mounting strut
>
>It is ten inches long and must be drawn into the passenger
>compartment to be removed.
Typical Chapman design - always make each part do at least two jobs, and
if it never breaks it's too strong, heavy and expensive!!
Richard Smith (richard@mole.demon.co.uk)
Antique & classic Auto restorer, Agricultural engineer, shepherd,
electrician, electronics design engineer (in order of income!)
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