Rolling Chassis - Build 1 - Lower Bumper - Beam - Front Suspension (Install)

Assembly of front beam

Beam

We gathered all the tools needed for the beam installation. The tools needed were the Combination wrench and the Socket wrench, we used the sizes: 9/16, and 3/4 during installation. Which the Jack stands had to be used to prop the Rolling Chassis up as we installed the beam.

Beam Installation

We installed the top bolt and nut for on each side to hold the beam onto the car. One person used the Combination wrench to hold the nut. While the second person used the Socket wrench to tighten the bolt.

Lower Bumper installation

Beam Installation

We completed the installation of the front beam.

Lower Bumper

We installed the lower bumper on the Switch EV. Which we still only used the two sizes of 9/16 and 3/4.

Regular Mounts

These connect to the upper bar which there is no Zerk. A Zerk is a metal filling which allows for lubricant to be added to a certain part.

Zerk Mounts

These connect to the lower bar which the hole allows to go around the Zerk. Which a grease gun will have to be used to add lubricant by the Zerk.

Installation of ball gauges located on the front suspension + cleanup

Front Suspension

Installing the Ball Gauges/Trailing Arms on the car. this was the same method used before to tighten the other two parts. However only the 3/4s wrench was used to tighten part, together by a long pole fed through parts of the bean to create a surface. This surface was used to tighten the ball gauges into place by nuts while ensuring that the bottom two ball gauges face up with their trailing arms facing down, and the top two ball gauges face down with their trailing arms facing up. To support the Trailing arms and Ball gauges, the tubes have internal bushing which will make sure the Trailing arms will not fall out.

Cleanup

This is how the car looks after everything was cleaned up with all 4 Gauges on the car

Installation of the front suspension (shocks)

Front Suspension

This is the direction which the modified mount for the front suspension attached to the car.

Front Suspension Tighten

This is the front suspension being tightened which we used the 3/4 wrenches for.

Connecting ball joints onto shocks + properly aligning and tightening caliper to the spindle

Connecting ball joints to the shocks

We fit the suspension onto the ball joints and used the 11/16 nut as well as adding a 5/8 locknut onto the car.

Assembling Caliper, rotor, and spindle

We aligned the holes onto the calipers with the washers as well as put a spacer on the bolt to ensure the spindle was properly aligned correctly.

Images of our completed components onto the car.

Front view of ball joints, suspension, Caliber, and spindle.

Side view of ball joints, suspension, Caliber, and spindle.

Quiz Rolling Chassis - Build 1

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