Patent ID: 6161286
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
Process for manufacturing a vehicle body shell for a passenger car which has a forward structure provided with two side members and a forward cross member, an assembly cross member being joined to the two side members, lower control arms of an axle being disposed on said assembly cross member, upper control arms of an axle being connected by way of two consoles with wheel installation units which are linked to respective assigned ones of the two side members, the process comprising the steps of:providing bearing points for each wheel installation unit for a bearing of the upper control arms of an axle, which bearing points are aligned with one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and by means of tensioning each of the wheel installation units, bringing said bearing points to a defined distance range with respect to a central fixing point in a transverse direction of the vehicle; andproviding fixing holes in the two side members of the forward structure to establish a position of the two side members, which is identical with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.