With the undercoating out of the way, I could move on to installing the refurbished rear suspension. The mustache bar and differential braces went on first.
Next came the differential torque arrester strap, the differential itself, followed by the control arms.
Now I’m proud of the fact that no one but me has been involved with the rebuild of this car, but let me tell you, installing the differential and control arms on my own was an interesting task that I should have recorded on video for the entertainment value alone.
Up next was the strut assembly, which, like the differential, would have been entertaining to a bystander just to see me struggling with it. If it weren’t for mechanics wire, I probably wouldn’t have been able to pull it off at all.
Now all that was left to do, on this side at least, was to repair one of the two spindle pins that held the assembly to the control arm. The other spindle pin was destroyed during removal and will need to be replaced.
The salvageable spindle pin just had some minor damage to the threads which I repaired with an M12 x 1.25 die from a tap and die set.
This worked well and I went on to sand and polish the spindle pin and slot in the control arm and strut assembly. Once I was satisfied, I coated everything in anti seize and installed the spindle. I made sure it would still spin freely, up until the moment I wrenched it down and locked it in place with the lock bolt. I would hope that this will allow removal in the future to be completely hassle free.
With the drivers side done, I moved on to the passengers side using the same routine… Installed the strut assembly, repaired the thread on a spindle pin that was so graciously sold to me at a significant discount by @sexyls30 (Thanks Matt), then polished and applied a liberal amount of anti seize to the whole thing before assembling it up.
All that was left now, was the half shafts.
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The suspension setup was similar to the GTO’s double wishbone setup, though many parts were upgraded and settings were changed; the unusually low ground clearance prompted Ferrari to include the ability to raise the vehicle’s ground clearance when necessary for later cars.