[TR] Rear leaf springs
Dave1massey at cs.com
Dave1massey at cs.com
Mon Aug 3 06:44:49 MDT 2009
In a message dated 8/2/2009 11:14:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
tr3driver at ca.rr.com writes:
> They also rattle your teeth less. Rusty springs have a huge amount of
> 'stiction' (aka static friction), which does nothing to control
> oscillation,
> but does cause the suspension to appear solid to small deflections. And
> they also take more-or-less constant force to overcome the friction (once
> they are moving); while hydraulic shocks are designed to provide increased
> resistance to faster movement.
>
Would that mean non-linear action and therefore less predictability and
repeatability?
Dave
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