Lotus Elise S1 Service Notes page 84

Lotus Service Notes
Section CG
Cars built from VIN W 3039 (March '98) use bonded rubber type pivot bushes and alloy clamp brackets to
secure the re-shaped anti-roll bar to the chassis front face. Washers welded to the bar bear against the inner
sides of the bushes to provide lateral location. Castrol LMX rubber grease, or equivalent, should be used when
fitting the rubber bushes onto the anti-roll bar.
Clamp
bracket fixing
screw
bracket
Pivot bush
Anti-roll bar
It is possible to update an early car to the later specification by drilling the chassis front face to accept the
new clamp brackets, and substituting the new parts, including the reshaped anti-roll bar. Fettling of the crash
structure will also be required to provide clearance for the higher mounting position of the new bar Note that
smaller washers are used on the clamp bracket upper fixing bolts in order to clear the joint ridge in the chassis
extrusion.
63.5 mm
52 mm
Wishbone
pivot hole
10 mm
c39
New a.r.b. mounting holes
CG.4 - SUSPENSION DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY
The suspension may be disassembled without the use of any special tools other than a spring compressor
if the spring is to be removed from the damper unit. With the car on a wheel free lift and with the front wheels
removed:
1. Remove the wheelarch liner and the undertray between the lower front edge of the chassis and the front
clamshell.
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