How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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I'm dumb about some things. American RWD vehicles, and trucks in particular, are among these.
In vehicles with live-axle, leaf-spring rear suspension, sometimes the lower half of the left and right dampers both mount to the same side of the axle tube, and sometimes they mount to opposite sides (eg: the left damper to the rear of the axle, and the right damper to the front of the axle.)
Why is this?
Example of both dampers attaching to the rear of the axle tube (This is a Chevy S10):
Example of fore-aft mounting:
In vehicles with live-axle, leaf-spring rear suspension, sometimes the lower half of the left and right dampers both mount to the same side of the axle tube, and sometimes they mount to opposite sides (eg: the left damper to the rear of the axle, and the right damper to the front of the axle.)
Why is this?
Example of both dampers attaching to the rear of the axle tube (This is a Chevy S10):
Example of fore-aft mounting:
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I'm having difficulty with this concept.
I understand that a twisting force is applied to the differential by the propshaft. What I don't understand is why some designs use the fore/aft scheme, while others are both-fore or both-aft. What is the advantage of not attaching the dampers in what would seem to be the most optimal configuration?
I understand that a twisting force is applied to the differential by the propshaft. What I don't understand is why some designs use the fore/aft scheme, while others are both-fore or both-aft. What is the advantage of not attaching the dampers in what would seem to be the most optimal configuration?
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It's based on torque. Vehicles which do not have very much torque (S10) does not need the configuration for and aft. I believe it's just a cost savings thing and maybe space constraints not mounting them as such.
This is why a common modification is torsion bars on these vehicles.
This is why a common modification is torsion bars on these vehicles.
Getting back to Fords, try replacing the accessory belt idler pulley on a Focus. You have to jack the engine up to get enough clearance to remove the bolt. Nothing like getting not engineers involved in a project. Don't even get me started on the hot mess that was the 1999 VW Cabrio my wife had to buy...(German engineering my ***).
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British automotive engineers, at the time, merely sat back and chuckled while pouring another pint.
(Soviet-bloc automotive engineers were sadly excluded from this wager, due to the whole Iron Curtain thing.)
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Also on the topic of Ford mondeo. I had to do a lower control arm (bad ball joints, had to replace entire arm) on a Contour SVT once(i believe is roughly related to the mondeo). This required removing all bolts from the engine and jacking it up about 4 inches to get a control arm bolt out.
This was absolutely horrible and could have been avoided had they put the bolt in other way round.
This was absolutely horrible and could have been avoided had they put the bolt in other way round.
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My assumption is that, sometime in the late 1970s, Germany's automotive industry (as a whole) lost a bet with France's automotive industry (as a whole) to see who could engineer a less reliable car than the Italians.
British automotive engineers, at the time, merely sat back and chuckled while pouring another pint.
(Soviet-bloc automotive engineers were sadly excluded from this wager, due to the whole Iron Curtain thing.)
British automotive engineers, at the time, merely sat back and chuckled while pouring another pint.
(Soviet-bloc automotive engineers were sadly excluded from this wager, due to the whole Iron Curtain thing.)
Americans win.
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I really want to buy one of these: https://faceeera.com/products/last-d...p-70-inch-9527
I'm not even sure why. I don't have a specific application for it, I just want it.
I'm not even sure why. I don't have a specific application for it, I just want it.
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IMS bearing failure. At 49k, it's still very much in the at-risk zone.
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I really want to buy one of these: https://faceeera.com/products/last-d...p-70-inch-9527
I'm not even sure why. I don't have a specific application for it, I just want it.
I'm not even sure why. I don't have a specific application for it, I just want it.