2016 JeepCompasswheel bearingreplacement

This is verging on the technical, but a pair of taper roller bearings usually needs to be adjusted to a suitable degree of end-load which would require any spacer to be of easily variable length (an example of how that is done (no spacer) is on front hubs of RWD cars)  or alternatively the adjustment can be present in the mounting of the outer races (e.g.pinion shafts of live rear axles)

There's a chap not far from my place who has a 1924 Sizaire Freres.....It has independent suspension on all four wheels.

2016 Jeep Patriotrearwheel bearingreplacement

I specialise in the restoration of Fiat and SIATA V8 cars, which have independent suspension on all 4 corners. This is derived from the front suspension of he Fiat Ballila of the mid-'30s with a long lower a-arm and a shorter upper link which is a rocker arm actuating a coil spring and shock absorber in a cast aluminum housing. The rear units do not have a spacer to lock the inner races of the tapered roller bearings together in the hub carrier which results in the outer bearing race turning on the hub with negative results.

2017Jeep Patriotfrontwheel bearingreplacement

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There's a chap not far from my place who has a 1924 Sizaire Freres.....It has independent suspension on all four wheels.

2016 Jeep Patriotfrontwheel bearingreplacement

I have wondered why Fiat did not see the need for a proper bearing spacer in these hubs and thought that possibly they were just ahead of the times.

2016 Jeep PatriotFront Hub Assembly

I have wondered why Fiat did not see the need for a proper bearing spacer in these hubs and thought that possibly they were just ahead of the times.

2016 Jeep Patriot wheel bearingreplacement

I was thinking more along the lines of hub carriers, stub axles and separate half shafts as in what I think of as "modern" racing and GT cars where the tires remain more perpendicular to the ground.

I'm aware of the Cornelian, a one-off that appeared at Indianapolis in the Twenties but I can't think of anything earlier.

I specialise in the restoration of Fiat and SIATA V8 cars, which have independent suspension on all 4 corners. This is derived from the front suspension of he Fiat Ballila of the mid-'30s with a long lower a-arm and a shorter upper link which is a rocker arm actuating a coil spring and shock absorber in a cast aluminum housing. The rear units do not have a spacer to lock the inner races of the tapered roller bearings together in the hub carrier which results in the outer bearing race turning on the hub with negative results.

It had independent suspension using transverse leaf springs as the lower link and wishbones for the upper and even had an adjustable tracking links on the rear.

Can anyone tell me what was the first "production car" (at least 100 examples produced) to have truly independent rear suspension? Not swing axles, not de Dion but truly independent.