Tasmin early rear suspension
Discussion
Has anyone used the one piece steel radius arm hub carrier. I am replacing the earlier cast aluminium type with these. The question is on the replacement arms one of the holes the pivot bar passes through is too large for the pin, should this have some type of bush fitted to make it the same diameter as the opposite hole so the pin fits properly, either metalastic or solid.
I don't have an early car, but a '96 400/SEAC type chassis with a SEAC interior 280DH. I have been paying attention to the suspension drawings in the spare parts manuals available. Whilst collecting/making all the rubber versions of all the bushes (the drawings are on my FB page). I had two back in 83-87 and had the salavge of one from back in the day.
One of the thing that has amazed me is the lack of clarity on the rear trailing arm cars (not that I need that for mine) differential area between the early version and later A frame version (the middle version you are dealing with) with the cross over/knowledge (there is not a drawing of the A frame differential bushing area).
With the spares I have around the from the salvage, (and knowledge, having ran a TVR workshop).
With the salvage of the early version, and can see that the factory are using lots of UNC parts that appear in cross referencing TVR part numbers to other parts used in the same drawing, later then, have been changed to metric. I also see parts use as front suspension, washers, THEN used in the rear trailing pivot link, which I also know that these are used on the Vixen, so imperial. (the Tasmin part is listed as 'special') ...the Ford part is a Imperial (I have made S/S ones this week) only sold with the bolt it is used with. The same washer is used with the early differential bush (that then shows as being a matched as UNC nut by TVR part numbers and my salvage).
All this said, pictures would be good, and if you are deep into this (as you are doing the 100% right conversion IMHO) is it some thing you have paid attention to, as I would pick your brains over the drawings (only if you are interested). A@
One of the thing that has amazed me is the lack of clarity on the rear trailing arm cars (not that I need that for mine) differential area between the early version and later A frame version (the middle version you are dealing with) with the cross over/knowledge (there is not a drawing of the A frame differential bushing area).
With the spares I have around the from the salvage, (and knowledge, having ran a TVR workshop).
With the salvage of the early version, and can see that the factory are using lots of UNC parts that appear in cross referencing TVR part numbers to other parts used in the same drawing, later then, have been changed to metric. I also see parts use as front suspension, washers, THEN used in the rear trailing pivot link, which I also know that these are used on the Vixen, so imperial. (the Tasmin part is listed as 'special') ...the Ford part is a Imperial (I have made S/S ones this week) only sold with the bolt it is used with. The same washer is used with the early differential bush (that then shows as being a matched as UNC nut by TVR part numbers and my salvage).
All this said, pictures would be good, and if you are deep into this (as you are doing the 100% right conversion IMHO) is it some thing you have paid attention to, as I would pick your brains over the drawings (only if you are interested). A@
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