Sunbeam ALPINE I SERIES: APLINE II SERIES, Workshop Manual

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WSM. 124
Section F (Front Suspension)
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B
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MATERIAL ¾ in. (6 mm.) MILD STEEL
NUMBER REQUIRED
2 off
1½"(3-Su,.)
Fl1. 27. Details of front gap
gauges
ALPINE IV. A=
21
in.
(7•0
cm.), B =
l
in. S·I cm.)
RAPIER IV. A
=
3 in. (7"6 cm.), B
=
2¼ in. 5"7 cm.)
swivel bearing while the stud of the rebound
rubber passes only through the pressing of the
top link.
Iv The swivel bearings are both of the ball type
and are pre-packed with lubricant during
manufacture and subsequent lubrication Is
unnecessary, thus no lubrication nipple is
provided.
The upper swivel bearing Is splined and pressed
into the outer end of the top link and locked
In position with a clrclip.
The lower swivel bearing Is fitted Into the
outer end of the bottom link and secured by
one horizontal bolt and the stud of the bump
rubber mounted inside the bottom link.
v The steering lock stops have been redesigned
to accommodate the fitting of the new lower
swivel bear:lngs; they are not adjustable.
vi The shock absorbers have eye type attach­
ments at their lower ends with rubber bushes
Inserted into the eye and a horizontal bolt
secures the shock absorber to a bracket which,
In turn, Is attached to the underside of the
bottom link by nuts and washers.
The upper shock absorber attachment remains
unchanged.
PREPARATION OF VEHICLE
Gap gauges
New front gap gauges will be required and these
can be made locally to the dimensions given in Fig.
27.
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Fig. 28
Front gap
gauge In
position with front
suspension unit
loaded down
The new gap gauges are used in a similar manner to
those described earlier In this section being fed in
vertically Into the suspension 'units from the rear
between the coil springs and bump rubbers until
the cut-out in the gap gauges locate the rear edge
of both bottom links. See Fig. 28.
The rear gap gauges remain unchanged and dimen­
sions for their manufacture will be found In fig. 19
for the Rapier Series IV Models.
The suspension must be loaded down on to the gap
gauges.
A loading platform can be built with a stout plank
of wood supported by two suitably cranked steel
bars tin. (ll mm.) square inserted one In each front
jacking bracket.