Spindle; Hub And Bearing (Rear) - Chrysler 2000 LHS Owner's Manual

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DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION (Continued)
1 – STRUT ASSEMBLY
2 – REAR SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER
3 – REAR SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER BUSHING
4 – LATERAL LINKS
The coil spring controls ride quality and maintains
ride height.
The jounce bumper limits suspension travel and
metal-to-metal contact under full jounce.
The strut dampens jounce and rebound motions of
the coil spring and suspension.

SPINDLE

DESCRIPTION
A forged rear spindle is mounted to each side of
the rear suspension (Fig. 1). The top attaches to the
rear strut assembly. Two lateral links leading from
the rear suspension crossmember are mounted to the
forward and rearward ends of the spindle centerline.
A trailing arm leading from the frame rail connects
to the bottom of the spindle.
Fig. 1 Rear Suspension
5 – HUB AND BEARING
6 – STABILIZER BAR
7 – TRAILING ARM
8 – SPINDLE
OPERATION
The spindle moves up and down with the tire and
wheel under jounce and rebound conditions. The lat-
eral links control lateral movement of the spindle
while the trailing arm controls fore-and-aft move-
ment.
The spindle acts as a mount for the rear hub and
bearing, tire and wheel, and rear brakes.

HUB AND BEARING (REAR)

DESCRIPTION
The rear wheel bearing and rear wheel hub of this
vehicle are a one piece sealed unit or hub and bear-
ing unit type assembly. The hub and bearing is
mounted to the center of the spindle using a retain-
ing nut (Fig. 1). It has five wheel mounting studs on
the hub flange.
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