Check your De Dion Ears!

[James A]

I was doing some routine maintenance a few months back and notice a crack in one of the DeDion ears. These are the old style ears on a 14 year old car that has extensive autocross and a moderate amount of track time on it. Yeah, we have had a failure of a DeDion ear on our race car and it is not something that ends well. Take a look if you have the kind of rear suspension that uses the aluminum ears that bolt to the end of the DeDion tube!

[werthie]

i believe i posted this warning elsewhere, but if you are flat-bedding a 7 with a DeDion rear end, BE CAREFUL . . . my tow-truck driver put a strap around the tube to hold the car in place, but exerted so much force on the strap that he bent the tube. obviously, this should be avoided.

 

alan

los angeles

[scannon]

I will be checking the ears before I drive my Caterham again, thanks for the heads up.

[James A]

The new style ears and a solid web of aluminum in place of the large hole where you see the crack, I have to believe that is a more robust design.