An amazingly clever design, the trailing arms and rubber mounts allow the IRS to oversteer under heavy cornering loads. This compensates for the understeer and inertia from the rest of the car as it goes round the bend.
Excellent vid. No silly intros or procrastination. Straight into it! BTW, with the trailing arms, make sure the large bush ends are seated properly on the body and really tight. If you hear a knocking noise when driving over undulations, this is probably the cause (too loose).
I cannot get the bolts back through the irs mounts and the body on my Series 1 xj6. I've tried using the old mounts and the new ones, they just won't slide through! Any clues?
@@thecampchaoschronicles9567 Close but no cigar for half of them, I've tried all sorts of things, using dowels to align etc. Tried a selection of new and old mounts. It's a weird one, the bolts usually go in once you've aligned the holes. Maddening.
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Hi Capt'n, I’ve just completed overhauling my IRS (new brakes, discs, bearings etc) and I wondered if you would mention fitting the over axel pipes before re-fitting the subframe to the car as you said it makes things so much easier. I’ve also fitted the brake bleeding kit to the rear calipers made by Fosseway Performance: simon@fossewayperformance.co.uk again it makes things so much easier. Good point re the radius arm bushes as well I shall have to check mine this afternoon.
