RJacobsen
February 9th, 2009, 09:06 PM
Finally got around to doing some more on the car and decided a good day project would be to build a reinforcement Plate for the rear axle. I have seen pictures of the ones that some of you have and with that info and my own ideas I got started.
This first picture is of what the car came to me with, there was a single aluminum strap across the rear part and two steel straps that secured the axle to the frame just in front of it.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate.JPG
My plate is made from 4 pieces of ¼ by 2” flat steel drilled and welded together as in the next picture.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate1.JPG
After fitting the new plate into place I discovered that the rear axle was not sitting parallel to the frame as you can see by the red lines I have placed on the next photo.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate2.JPG
Further inspection revealed to me that the problem could only be corrected by relocating the upper rear axle mount (very firmly attached to the frame) 5/16 of an inch towards the passenger side and angled slightly down on the same side to keep the whole thing centered.
Here are the results of the changes.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate3.JPG
To be continued…
This first picture is of what the car came to me with, there was a single aluminum strap across the rear part and two steel straps that secured the axle to the frame just in front of it.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate.JPG
My plate is made from 4 pieces of ¼ by 2” flat steel drilled and welded together as in the next picture.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate1.JPG
After fitting the new plate into place I discovered that the rear axle was not sitting parallel to the frame as you can see by the red lines I have placed on the next photo.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate2.JPG
Further inspection revealed to me that the problem could only be corrected by relocating the upper rear axle mount (very firmly attached to the frame) 5/16 of an inch towards the passenger side and angled slightly down on the same side to keep the whole thing centered.
Here are the results of the changes.
http://www.uniquecobra.com/gallery/files/1/5/0/5/rearaxleplate3.JPG
To be continued…