Rear Susp/Brakes:
New HD Rear spring, disassembled, cleaned painted, with delrin buttons glued in with RTV silicone, Red Poly's installed, Adjustable rear trailing arms with Red Poly's.
New HD Rear transverse spring installed with 3/4" drop spacer, and new E-Brake cable shown. The 3/4"
drop block requires longer stud bolts which in turn was taller than the rear diff body access cover. So, I had to "Raise" the rear cover by 3/4" all around its outer edge and padded with weather strip and painted.
This cleared the studs (and nyloc's).
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Differential cleaned, rebuilt, painted with Red Poly bushes, note using all thread and nuts to "Spread" the rear diff chassis mount points so the rear diff mount ears slide in easier. Diff mounted in last picture.
NOTE: I used a transmission jack (Harbor Freight) that has a fore/aft & side to side tilt to jack the diff up into position. Then using a long ratchet extension I tapped the rear diff bolt through, but only after the front diff ears where at least onto the chassis studs, with the securing nuts tightened a few turns to hold it up and on.
New "Alfins" painted with Red Brake Caliper paint (like the front disk Calipers). Rear adjustable trailing arms, new rear hub with 12mm Rover Freelander studs, acorns and black silicone lug covers.
New (1/2 shaft(s), rear brake plates, bearings, seals, trunions, cylinders, adjusters, springs, and all rear axle parts nuts and bolts.
Showing fully assembled rear axle, braided brake lines, and new brake back and brake back line, fully assembled rear suspension & brakes. NOTE: New Emergency Brake cable and fittings where also installed.
I have plans on converting the rear suspension to a GT6 "Rotoflex" style but with CV Axles, and red poly bushes.
I got a used Rotoflex suspension, and got the heal board inner & outer trailing arm mounts, plus all the other
do-dads for it to bolt up, to include the inner wish bone mount I will have to weld on. Reading about the GT6
rear end, was a lot of worries about pre-load (or bearing end float), and all the spacers/shims are NLA.
So, got a buddy with a lathe, and we turned some shims, will hit another buddy up with a plasma table to
burn some shims for: (GT6 & Differential pinion tail shims, differential pinion head shims, and some carrier
shims. Gonna see if I can adapt (cut/mod) an extra spitfire rear brake plate/set since I want to keep my Alfins.
Here is the GT6 Vertical Link Hub shims (0.139, 0.141, 0.143, 0.148, 0.155 four of each for spares):
