Watts Linkage Bolts!
With the rear suspension going on a couple of weeks ago you’d expect reports of the Aston driving around by now. But I didn’t take the Watts linkage into account. The bolt won’t go in with the axle in place.
Turns out the assembly order is rear suspension first (including Watts linkages) then the differential, and then the brackets that hold the differential in. Maybe the answer is to split the differential from the differential rear carrier, fit the mounting brackets, then the carrier, then the differential. We’ll find out as Nigel’s car goes together.
Thanks Jacques for popping over to help with that.
March 27th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Oh no! You didn’t have to take it all out again did you?
March 27th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
That fiddly brackets with the bolts you can’t get to needed to come off. Fortunately the heavy bits stayed on the car.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Presumably you’ve seen the numerous reports on the AMOC (old) Forum about diff carrier failures at the point where the brake pipe passes through the carrier? It’s a well known weakness apparently…
April 3rd, 2006 at 5:39 pm
I must admit I haven’t seen the info. A web search didn’t help either - I just ended up back here! The carrier looked sound, but I’ll check again at the front where the brake pipe mounts.
April 25th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Sorry for the tardy response (from me), but have a look at this thread:
http://p088.ezboard.com/fastonmartinownersclub75168frm20.showMessage?topicID=14.topic
Which also refers us to this site:
http://www.vf750.co.uk/
(follow Garage - Frank’s Aston - Fixing the Diff Carrier)