Steve
These are great shots and I'm fascinated to see them, so thanks for sharing
them with us.
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From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Steve B. Gerow
Sent: 12 March 2005 22:18
To: Healeys
Subject: Rear Suspension Pictures
Hello Listers,
I've uploaded pictures of my rear suspension modification project to my
gallery at:
http://www.pbase.com/stevegerow
I'm in the process of modifying my 2-seater to use BJ8 radius arms and have
the rear bracket/bump combos fabbed and installed on the axle, but don't yet
have the front brackets & rods themselves installed.
I also installed my Lempert 3.54 rear end. 3000 rpm (Toyota 5th gear--82%
OD) is almost exactly 70 mph as measured by GPS. With the 3.9 as I recall it
was about 60 mph.
Yes, I like my 3.54 very much. Not a Lempert, but a
Westminster automatic. I changed the bearings as I felt that I "might as
well, as I was messing around in there anyhow". I bought the whole thing,
case and all, so all I need is a few gaskets and seals and I could swap
back.
Hooper's Rear End Exchange in Sun Valley, CA installed it for about $125 and
it's perfectly quiet. I was lucky and didn't need any new bearings. They
ground the shims to fit.
They're some distance from me in Devon, so I had
mine done locally. It's not as easy as it used to be to get someone to do
that work...someone who has done them by the hundred and has all the bits to
hand.
However, they deformed my differential drive flange by beating on it with a
hammer and I had to grind away some slightly mushroomed edges where the
shaft flanges mate. Anyone having this kind of work done might want to
remember to tell them to use a board when they're beating on the flange.
And beat on them with said board if they do it again.
Simon Lachlan
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