Strut spacers: stacking? suppliers?

[thehelix112]

drmiller100,

 

Can you please include an explanation to support your hypothesis? Simply restarting what you said last time isn't particularly helpful.

 

Are you talking about the fact that with a strut suspension, the torque applied to the strut attempts to rotate the strut forwards (at the top), which (if the strut has castor), in some way attempt to lift the car?

 

Are you talking about the fact that if the line from the castor rod is upwards towards the rear (from low point attaching to LCA to higher point attaching to chassis), then when the strut tries to compress this rod, there is a vertical component to the force it exerts on the chassis? (This is probably tripe that I just made up.)

 

Or something else?

 

I dunno about anyone else, but I have NFI what a bug's suspension looks like.

 

Dave

[drmiller100]

drmiller100,

 

Can you please include an explanation to support your hypothesis? Simply restarting what you said last time isn't particularly helpful.

 

 

 

Dave

 

I'll start a new thread......:wink::wink:

[JMortensen]

Actually, No.

 

Anti dive is caused by the BRAKES and suspension transfering a force into the chassis to lift the chassis.

 

A great example is an old fashioned VW bug front axle. If you hit the front brakes, the torque of the brakes actually try to pull the front of the car down. They have "pro dive."

 

If we were going really fast in a VW Bug backwards, and slammed on the brakes, you can visualize the torque of the brakes lifting the front of the car in addition to the weight transfer.

 

Anyway, we can all agree the so called bump steer spacers don't do anything???

Bump steer spacers change roll center and also change what part of the bump steer curve the suspension operates in.