I recently wrote a piece discussing some of the basic differences between coil springs and leaf springs. But while putting the piece together, I ran into an interesting problem. Despite coil springs ...

Much like muscles and tendons working together to absorb shock for the human body, or how running shoes cushion impact with each stride, a car's suspension combines carefully designed components to ...

Are cars with multi-link rear suspension dynamically superior to those with torsion beams? Multi-link suspension systems are more complicated than torsion beam suspensions. As its name suggests, there ...

One of the primary topics of conversation within the pages of Four Wheeler, as well out on the Internet and amongst wheeling enthusiasts, is suspension. Suspension is one of the most important aspects ...

One of the most inexpensive and quickest ways to lift torsion bar-style IFS is by increasing the preload on the torsion bars, commonly referred to as "cranking the torsion bars." There can be ...

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