Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: Why unequal links on front
wayner

posted on 23/10/02 at 04:06 PM Reply With Quote
Why unequal links on front

Can anyone explain why we need unequal length wishbones on the front.
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
stevedenbigh

posted on 23/10/02 at 04:13 PM Reply With Quote
unequal length wishbones

It stops the roll centre moving about too much. It's a feature of all double wishbone suspension systems, infact americans call double wishbone suspension "Short-Long-Arm" suspension in reference to the top wishbone been shorter than the lnger lower one
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
interestedparty

posted on 23/10/02 at 04:16 PM Reply With Quote
If the top link is shorter (which it is) then as the wheel rises the top of the wheel will be pulled in more than the bottom, and negative camber will result.
When a car is cornering it will tend to lean toward the outside of the corner, so the wheel rises relative to the chassis, and the resultant negative camber helps to keep the most tread on the road

John





As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.