Rear Suspension

The rear suspension design used on this vehicle is a multi-link system. The components of the rear suspension consist of a lower control arm and three upper links. The three upper links consist of two lateral links which control the side to side movement of the rear knuckle and a lateral link which controls the fore-and-aft movement of the knuckle.

The bottom of the rear knuckle is attached to the rear lower control arms using a conventional style ball joint as in the front. The ball joint is located in the lower control arm and is attached to the rear knuckle using a tapered stud. The tapered stud is retained in the steering knuckle using a castle nut and cotter pin.

The top of the rear knuckle is attached to the frame using two lateral links. The lateral links are mounted at the top of the knuckle just forward and rearward of the knuckle centerline. The length of both lateral links can be adjusted. The length adjustment of the lateral links is used to move the top of the rear knuckle. The top of the knuckle is moved in and out to adjust the rear wheel camber and the knuckle is rotated on its centerline to adjust the rear wheel Toe. Thus, the lateral position and movement of the rear knuckle is controlled using the two lateral links.

The rear suspension used on this vehicle incorporates a trailing link as part of the mull-link design. The trailing link is used as the knuckle attachment point to the frame which controls the fore and aft position and movement of the rear knuckle. The trailing link though is not an adjustable component of the rear suspension.