Method for attaching an axle to a leaf spring on a golf cart with hydraulic brakes
AssigneeTextron Inc.
InventorBryan D. Bigsby
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Abstract
A method of attaching an axle of a golf cart to a leaf spring of the golf cart, comprising the steps of aligning the leaf spring adjacent the axle and a bottom plate, inserting an end of a fastener initially through a first aperture associated with the axle and subsequently through a second aperture of the bottom plate and securing the leaf spring between the axle and the bottom plate by securing the fastener at the bottom plate, enabling improved access for assembly and service.
Claims10
A method of attaching an axle of a golf cart to a leaf spring of the golf cart, comprising the steps of;
- aligning the leaf spring beneath the axle and above a bottom plate;
- inserting an end of a fastener initially through a first aperture associated with the axle and subsequently through a second aperture of the bottom plate, the fastener being inserted in a downward direction;
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- securing the leaf spring between the axle and the bottom plate by securing the fastener at the bottom plate.
A method of attaching an axle of a golf cart, having a disc brake assembly disposed thereon, to a leaf spring of the golf cart, comprising the steps of;
- providing the axle with a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket forming a trough;
- aligning the leaf spring beneath the mounting bracket and above a bottom plate;
- inserting threaded ends of a U-bolt initially through first and second apertures formed in the trough of the mounting bracket and subsequently through corresponding third and fourth apertures of the bottom plate, the threaded ends of the U-bolt being inserted in a downward direction generally away from an area blocked by the disc brake assembly;
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- securing the leaf spring between the axle and the bottom plate by securing the threaded ends of the U-bolt at the bottom plate with mating washers and threaded nuts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.