Lotus TURBO ESPRIT Service Manual page 109

Page 14
SECTION BD
D o m e s t i c a n d ROW c a r s u s e a body mounted b a l l j o i n t on t h e o u t b o a r d
0
s i d e , and on t h e i n b o a r d s i d e , a hiilge p i n p i v o t t i n g i n b u s h e s moun-
t e d b o t h i n t h e pod a n d b o d y , and c a r r y i n g on i t s ' o v e r h u n g ' o u t b o a r d
e n d , t h e b o n n e t h i n g e .
P i v o t bush P i v o t bush Bonnet h i n g e
.
Outboard
b a l l j o i n t
0
8
SERIES 3 and
D o r n e s t i c / R o w TURBO
P i v o t bush P i v o t bush
i n
b o d y
i n
pod b a l l j o i n t
.-'U.\luu _)
a , , u
D o r n e s t i c / R o w TURBO
To remove.
To remove a headlamp p o d , u n p l u g t h e b u l b c o n n e c t o r s
and release t h e pod a c t u a t i n g l i n k . R e l e a s e t h e pod
o u t b o a r d p i v o t b o l t and s u p p o r t t h e b o n n e t p a n e l b e f o r e
r e l e a s i n g t h e i n b o a r d p i v o t b o l t ( F e d e r a l ) o r r e m o v i n g
t h e s p l i t p i n and s l i d i n g o u t t h e h i n g e p i n
(DOM/ROW).
On r e f i t t i n g e n s u r e t h a t t h e pod i s l o c a t c d c e n t r a l l y ' u s i n g
s p a c e r w a s h e r s if n e c e s s a r y , a n d t h a t t h e pod p i v o t s f r e e l y
b e f o r e c o n n e c t i n g t h e a c t u a t i n g l i n k .
A d j u s t m e n t
The pod down p o s i t i o n is a d j u s t e d by a l t e r i n g t h e a c t u a t i n g l i n k
l e n g t h . S l a c k e n t h e l o c k n u t a t e a c h end o f t h e a c t u a t i n g l i n k a n d
t u r n t h e l i n k r o d t o c h a n g e i t s e f f e c t i v e l e n g t h a s r e q u i r e d .
T i g h t e n l o c k n u t s .