Important Suspension Maintenance Made Easy With Chassis Engineering
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Todd Silvey August 01, 2019Racers often take pride in the longevity that their racecar components questionably endure over the years. “My transmission has lived for almost a decade, and my slicks are working great after three seasons,” you might hear them say.
That’s all well and good, but some maintenance practices are crucial when it comes to preventing failure that can result in catastrophe. If you have been at the dragstrip for any reasonable amount of time, chances are you’ve probably seen a rear differential want to leave, or had success leaving, out from under a racecar due to failure of some sort.
When we dove under our old-school Camaro, it was painfully apparent that the rear suspension may have gone untouched for a long time. When we noticed that all the 5/8- and 3/4-inch bolts were not of grade-8 quality, it was decided that the rear suspension needed an entire inspection and overhaul.
When we snagged our 1968 Camaro last year, the backstory goes that it has been a Texas Super Stocker and subsequently a bracket car since 1972 — intended as an opportunity to “teach an old dog new tricks” hence, the name for our
Project Rover.