ONE of the biggest changes between the Series I (except for a few of the last built) and any later Series vehicles, was the move to a fully floating-type rear axle. What does this mean? On later Series vehicles, the front and rear hub units are identical. The hub itself is mounted via two bearings onto a large stub axle bolted to the axle case. This means that the entirety of the vehicle’s weight is being supported by two bearings per corner, and the axle shaft ‘floats’ in the axle case with no stress acting upon it besides the torque of the engine.
Series I models (except some very late production vehicles) have a different back axle system. This is a
