I also had to put up the XJR today to grease the backs of the brake pads... they dry out, rust a little, get caked with dust and dirt, and the spring clips on the back of the inner pads aren't strong enough to keep them firmly seated in the piston, so they CHIRP when riding over bumps... and it's loud... very annoying. But easy to remedy. Just grease the backs of the pads once a year. Took him out for a spin afterward and it's all silence even over some nasty potholes near here.

Anyhow, I thought I'd also take a few pics of the XJR's suspension for contrast w/ the Azera (we now have the front & rear documented)... the only things I'd really point out are that the stabilizer bar is linked directly with the lower A-arm, and that the shocks & spring are both angled inward much more steeply than in the Azera.







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This post has been edited by andyman32: Jun 7 2008, 10:13 AM

Ha! Predatory large cat.....I just got it! :P

It's kind of like when you walk into a sandwich shop and ask for "a poverty stricken male adolescent".

Again, great pics for comparison! :thumbsup:

I think the angling of the shocks represents a change in philosophy.
Back in the 70s, they angled, or "sea-legged" the shocks, thinking it helped with cornering.
More recently they realized that angling the shocks actually decreases their main function--no, not to absorb shocks. "Shock Absorbers" have to be the most mis-named part of a car. The SPRINGS absorb the road shocks, shock absorbers dampened the action of the springs--coil springs-due to their low friction--would continue to oscillate for quite a while. Shock dampeners, as the British call them, stop this action after only a cycle or two.

By moving them from the vertical, they actually do not move as much as does the suspension. Restoring them to the vertical, as in the Azera, uses their length more effectively.