anti-vibration straps

[jleyton]

Thanks Andrew, however credit for that diagram must go to Peter Howells

Cheers

Julian

[DJT]

Thanks Andrew, however credit for that diagram must go to Peter Howells

Cheers

Julian

And is the same as the picture and diagram in post #2.......

[davidf]

Isn't it a case of 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating' ? Ok, bits wear out, but after 40 odd years that doesn't seem unreasonable.

The set up seems to work ok on 2000/2500s, TRs and Stags and I don't know of too many failures, so doesn't this suggest that it isn't flimsy ?

Cheers

Julian

Julian - yes, I think I didn't phrase that very well - the amazement is that it looks so flimsy (in terms of transmitting fore and aft thrust), but it is never recorded as causing problems. In fact, (as far as I know) the only problems are when the bushes go soft, and that adds to the classic 'twitch'. The main vertical bolt carries most of the thrust as a side load, and yet it is not positively located at the top, and only located by a strap with a slot at the bottom. So, it seems to rely on the tension in that bolt to provide the grip between it and the body shell, and half the thrust load seems to go through the strap.

[Mike Stevens]

On the 2000 range, the strap was not fitted from the start of production, but only when the 3rd generation outer bush was produced - which is the same 150382 as the Stag uses. I've always understood the strap was to stop the whole lot falling onto the road if (when?) the outer bush fails!

I have driven a Mk1 2000 (with 2nd generation outer bush) when just that bush failure occurred. Very interesting handling with lots of rear wheel steer!

Interesting thoughts about thrust though...

Cheers,
Mike.