Suspension & Steering

Suspension & Steering

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  • Active Power Stabilizer Suspension System

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    Active Power Stabilizer Suspension System

    Car Active Stabilizer Suspension System (APSSS) Active Power Stabilizer Suspension System (APSSS), also known as Active Power Stabilizer Suspension System, is an electric active ...

  • Anti Roll Bar

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    Anti Roll Bar

    Car Anti Roll Bar (Sway bar) A sway bar or anti-roll bar or stabilizer bar is a part of an automobile suspension that helps reduce the body roll of a vehicle during fast ...

  • Ball Joint Replace

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    Ball Joint Replace

    How to Replace a Car Ball Joint Ball joints are used to connect lower suspension control arm to the steering knuckle on the spindle. When turning your vehicle, the suspension ...

  • Body roll explained

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    Body roll explained

    Car Body roll explained On wheeled or tracked vehicles, body roll is a reference to the load transfer of a vehicle towards the outside of a turn. When a vehicle is fitted with a ...

  • Bump steer explained

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    Bump steer explained

    Car Bump steer explained Bump steer or roll steer is the term for the tendency of the wheel of a car to steer as it moves upwards. It is typically measured in degrees of steer ...

  • Bundorf analysis explained

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    Bundorf analysis explained

    Car Bundorf analysis explained A Bundorf analysis is a way of describing the characteristics of a vehicle that govern its understeer balance. The understeer is measured in units ...

  • Car Active Body Control

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    Car Active Body Control

    Mercedes-Benz Car Active Body Control (ABC) Active Body Control, or ABC, is the Mercedes-Benz brand name used to describe fully active suspension, that allows control of the ...

  • Car Active suspension

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    Car Active suspension

    Car Active suspension The active suspension and adaptive suspension/semi-active suspension are types of automotive suspensions that controls the vertical movement of the wheels ...

  • Chapman strut

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    Chapman strut

    Chapman strut History The Chapman strut is a design of independent rear suspension used for light cars, particularly sports and racing cars. It takes its name from, and is best ...

  • Coilover

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    Coilover

    Car Coilover A coilover is an automobile suspension device. "Coilover" is short for "coil spring over strut". It consists of a shock absorber with a coil spring encircling it. ...

  • Control arm

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    Control arm

    Car Control arm In automotive suspension, an automobile's control arm or wishbone (aka. A-arm or A-frame) is a nearly flat and roughly triangular suspension member (or ...

  • De Dion tube

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    De Dion tube

    Car De Dion tube explained History The de Dion tube was named after Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, founder of French automobile manufacturer De Dion-Bouton. The tube, however, was ...

  • Double wishbone suspension

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    Double wishbone suspension

    Car Double wishbone suspension The double wishbone suspension was introduced in the 1930s. French carmaker Citroën used it since 1934 in their Rosalie and Traction Avant models. ...

  • Drift tuning Setup

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    Drift tuning Setup

    Car Drift tuning Setup Explained Drive train A proper mechanical limited slip differential (LSD) is almost considered essential for drifting. Attempting to drift with an open or ...

  • Drifting Explained

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    Drifting Explained

    Drifting Sport Explained Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from ...

  • Dual ball joint suspension

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    Dual ball joint suspension

    Dual ball joint suspension A dual ball joint suspension uses a pair of arms, one in tension, one in compression, to replace a wishbone, in a MacPherson or SLA suspension. The ...

  • Dubonnet suspension

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    Dubonnet suspension

    Dubonnet suspension 1930s Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo with Dubonnet front suspension Dubonnet suspension was a system of independent front suspension and steering popular mainly in the ...

  • Fishtailing

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    Fishtailing

    Vehicle Fishtailing Explained Fishtailing (also called "tank slapping") is a vehicle handling problem which occurs when the rear wheels lose traction, resulting in oversteer. ...