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Re: Shock Absorbers
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 27 Sep 2002 04:22:23 GMT
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> I recall (perhaps incorrectly) that Ford was advertising this as being a Big
> Hairy Deal on their pickup trucks in the 1960s or 1970s, if you want to find
> some examples. I don't recall why they did it
Ford called it "Twin I-Beam" and it was supposed to add the stability of
independent suspension while retaining the rigidity of a solid "straight" axle.
Robert Powell
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| (...) These are, afaik, the same color: people differ on how to name what they see. Instead of adding more shocks, how about adding more suspension arm? There's a type which I *think* is called "walking beam", where the lower arm goes most of the (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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