Rear Suspension

REAR SUSPENSION

DESCRIPTION

Fig. 1 Front-Wheel-Drive Rear Suspension:

The rear suspension design on this vehicle uses leaf springs, and a tube and casting axle (Fig. 1). The leaf springs used on the rear suspension of this vehicle are of either a mono-leaf or multi-leaf design.
There are different rear suspension designs available:
^ Front-Wheel-Drive
^ Front-Wheel-Drive with Fold-in-Floor Seating
^ Front-Wheel-Drive Commercial

The Front-Wheel-Drive (FWD) rear suspension uses an axle that is mounted to mono-leaf springs using isolator bushings at the axle mounting brackets. The stabilizer bar mounts behind the axle.
The Front-Wheel-Drive with Fold-in-Floor Seating rear suspension is very much like the FWD rear suspension except for the fact that the stabilizer bar mounts in front of the axle.
The Front-Wheel-Drive Cargo rear suspension uses multi-leaf springs and a different rear axle. It also does not utilize a stabilizer bar.
The rear suspension consists of these major components:
^ Leaf springs (One each side)
^ Jounce bumpers (One each side)
^ Shock absorbers (One each side)
^ Hub and bearings (One each side)
^ Track bar
^ Stabilizer bar