Lotus 2004 Eleven Service Notes page 301

Lotus Service Notes
5. Disconnect control cables:
- Release the two gearchange cables from the transmission levers and abutment bracket.
- Release the parking brake cable from the horseshoe compensator and abutment brackets.
- Release the throttle cable from the engine.
- Release the gearchange cable and throttle cable 'P' clips from the perforated 'shear panel' below
the fuel tank.
6. From beneath the fuel tank, release the fixings securing the 'shear panel' front and rear edges to the
chassis, and those at each side securing the composite sills to the panel. Note that this panel is a
structural part of the chassis, and that the car should not be used without the panel fitted.
Fixing to sill
7. Support the tank before removing the two support cradles from the chassis. Each cradle uses two bolts
at the front end of the bracket, and a single bolt at the rear, all threading into Rivnuts in the chassis.
8. Carefully lower the tank from the chassis.
8. Before re-fitting the tank, ensure that all the clamping pads are in place:
- EPDM foam sponge block on upper and lower edges of both tank side faces;
- Expanded Polypropylene saddles on top face of tank;
- Neoprene isolating strip between tank and support cradles;
- EPDM rubber wedge between front bottom edge of tank and support cradles;
- Neoprene sponge foam between upper front of tank and chassis.
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Fixing to chassis
Fuel tank 'shear panel'
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