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> Hi all.
> I notised a couple a weeks ago that both my rebound
> straps (rubber rear axle) was quite bad.Yesterday after
> putting new ones in place i asked myself what are they
> really there for, except strapping rebound???!!
> I mean what do they really do??
>
I saw those little beasts when I first removed the back wheel of my MGB.
I assume they're secondary dampers for the rear suspension, to keep the
springs from rebounding the whole axle down too far after a bump and putting
presure on the mountings.
Seemed kind of a poor solution to me... hadn't they heard of torsion bars?
Or have I guessed wrong as to the rebound strap's function?
Jeremy DuBois
Programmer/System Administrator
Thermalogic Corporation
'74 MGB, '76 Spit
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