Rear Suspension: Axle-Rear: Description: Axle
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The steel rear axle (4) on this vehicle is a twist beam design. It has a tubular torsion tube running through the center of its width. It also has two trailing arms, one extending from each end of the axle forward. Each trailing arm has a rubber pivot bushing pressed into it. Two coil spring perches are mounted to its top surface in line with the rear wheel center.