Rear

DESCRIPTION
^ The rear suspension uses a Short and Long Arm (SLA) design. The arms are sub-assembled to a fabricated crossmember that is bolted to the underbody. Each side incorporates three lateral arms, one upper that is forged steel, and two lower that are pressed steel.
^ The other ends of the arms are attached to a cast wheel knuckle with a trailing arm (tie bar) connected between the wheel knuckle and a forward mounted body bracket. The tie bar is a flat plate designed to deflect with suspension movement but provide torque reaction and anti-lift under braking.
^ Also connected between the wheel knuckle and the crossmember is a shock absorber.
^ A coil spring is connected between the lower arm and the crossmember to support the vehicle.
^ The lower arm connection to the crossmember joint allows toe adjustment by rotation of a cam bolt.
^ The system has additional roll control by use of a stabilizer bar, connected between the crossmember and the lower arms.
^ The wheel knuckles house the stub axles.
^ The hubs are splined to the stubs and rotate in a bearing carrier that is bolted to the wheel knuckles. The brake drums or discs and wheels are bolted to the hubs.
^ The complete system forms a module, the arms, springs and shock absorbers being assembled to the fabricated crossmember that is directly mounted to the underbody.
^ The modular underfloor design gives the benefit of completely unobstructed lateral load-space inside the vehicle.
^ The system gives independent suspension of the rear wheels and includes good camber and toe control.

QUADRALINK SUSPENSION
^ The rear suspension has a quadralink design. This is basically two horizontal, pressed steel, lateral arms each side of the vehicle, attached to a pressed steel crossmember at the inner pivots and cast iron spindle assemblies at the outer pivots. The lateral arms control the toe change of the rear wheels.
^ The third link of the quadralink system is a tie bar which connects the wheel spindle to a forward body-mounted bracket. The tie bar reacts to braking forces
^ The fourth link is a MacPherson strut mounted on top of the wheel spindle. The strut is a damper, spring, spring seat and bump stop combination on top of which sits a rubber insulator mounted in a tower in the wheel arch. The strut controls the camber and reacts to braking torque.
^ The tie bar and lateral arms connect through rubber bushes, the strut is solid mounted to the spindle assembly. The rear lateral arm joint to the crossmember allows toe adjustment by rotation of a cam bolt
^ The system has additional roll control by use of a stabilizer bar, connected between the crossmember and the front lateral arms.
^ A hub and bearing assembly runs on the wheel spindle and locates on the brake drum or disc, and the wheel.