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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Differential Installation
From: Bob Spidell via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 20:50:57 -0700
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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 wouldnâ??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 itâ??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 donâ??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 itâ??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@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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    <p>I used urethane bushes for the Panhard rod ... didn't want to do
      that job twice.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/5/2019 8:19 PM, Patrick &amp;
      Caroline Quinn wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">An
            interesting chore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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 wouldnâ??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 itâ??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 donâ??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 itâ??s a matter of
            tightening all the fasteners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Worked for
            me and I was doing it myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span 
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hoo 
Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Patrick
            Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blue
            Mountains, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                lang="EN-US"> Healeys
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net";>mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]
 <b>On Behalf Of
                </b>Michael MacLean<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 6 June 2019 12:30 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Healeys<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Differential 
Installation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p>
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