[jyoung8j]

Thx for ur help.. would like to see motor bolted up also lol..

[jjones752]

Here's a few shots of the Birdcages, taken as I disassembled the car; the first is the right birdcage, showing the outboard side. The caliper mount bolts to the outside and registers on the bearing retainer ring. second shot is the left bare cage, indicating where the "dogbone" torsion arm link was mounted, in the rearmost of the 3 mounting points. shot 3 is of the right side, showing the torsion arm had been mounted in the center hole.

[jyoung8j]

Wish I could get this to post a pic.. errr doing post on phone its being a jerk..lol

[jyoung8j]

O it worked lol.. thts wht I'm working with..lol

[jjones752]

Here's a couple of shots of the chassis as it was being torn down; they're the best pics of the rear axle setup I have. Unfortunately they don't show how the torsion arms mount to the birdcages, but somewhere in your boxes of parts there should be a couple of oval aluminum machinings with two spherical bearings pressed in a couple of inches on center, kinda like a two-headed rod end. One end bolts to one of the torsion arm mounting points and the other attaches to the cage in one of the 3 mounting holes. When your rear is all squared up you should have those links as close to perpendicular to the ground as you can get them. Be careful that you don't have it too close to the axle, as it will cause a bind; I can't use the first hole in my cages, it gets too tight to the axle tube.
As far as the motor mount goes, mine wouldn't help; you have a motor plate that takes a separate mount, and mine are welded to the crossmembers. Take a look at Speedpartz.com; they have some good shots of their motor mounts, which is probably more like your setup.

[jyoung8j]

Yea I remember seeing those for the torsion arms.. I'm going to try to put together the rear kit this wkend.. hopefully I can copy old one..

[PatrickMead#13]

You could take a look at my Bailey. I'm right down the road from you in Mechanicsburg.

[jyoung8j]

O sweet tht would b awesome man.. save me alot of headaches.. shoot me a txt whenever ur not busy 614-499-2272.. thx j

[jyoung8j]

Anyone wanna give me a idea measurement of about where bird cages should be on rr and lr.. I kno lr kinda needs to have motor in but just trying get a mock up roller done..

[cbhhms17439]

I live in Kirkersville out by National Trail Raceway about 45 minutes from you if you need help contact me or you can come by to have a look at my cars I have 2 baileys and we can talk about your issues cbhhms1@yahoo.com