[Fot] LSD

[MadMarx]

I used an idea from a engineering book but I suppose that the angle of the
rod is too large.
I drove into a McDonald parking when the left rod snapped.
With one working rod the on-off-throttle steer was back again...greatly more
than it was but the car felt much better.
So I'm going back to the stock situation and remove the rods.

Cheers
Chris
And thank you all for input. Learned a lot.



-----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Duncan Charlton [mailto:duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Samstag, 2. Juni 2012 19:38
An: MadMarx
Betreff: Re: [Fot] LSD

Chris,

Does the rod's arc of movement exactly match that of the axle?  That is,
does the front mount of the reaction rod use the same axis of rotation as
the front eye of the spring?  If not, it's trying to twist the axle relative
to what the spring is doing, creating resistance to movement, adding roll
stiffness.

Another approach might be to clamp together the front leaves of the spring
but leave the rears alone.  One other solution I've seen (on a Sunbeam
Tiger) was to wrap the front end of the second leaf around the spring eye
bushing (inside the main leaf eye, and using a smaller-diameter bushing),
effectively doubling the stiffness of the front half of the spring.

Duncan
(Texas)

On Jun 2, 2012, at 12:08 PM, MadMarx wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I installed rods to the axle.
>
> http://youtu.be/QPCCN96x8_U
>
>
> The leaf spring is now calmated but the car does oversteer badly.
> Seems to stiffen up the suspension now.
> I'm not sure if I should maintain that idea.
>
> Cheers
> Chris
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
>
> http://www.fot-racing.com
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/duncan.charlton54@gmail.com