Except for the fact that this thought doesn't take into account the
fact that most (all?) swaybars use a "lever" as part of their
twisting/springing/load-transferring activity, and by moving the
mounting point in on only one side, or unequally, you are introducing
asynchronous behavior into your suspension. So, I would disagree with
John C's local suspension guru on this point.
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-Jefrem Iwaniw, jiwaniw@iigo.com
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, John Steczkowski wrote:
> Cool thought, so if you have 3 settings on each end, you really have 9
> settings (taking into account all of the permutations).
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> John Steczkowski
> Director, Server I/O
> Crossroads Systems, Inc.
> 512-794-2742
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Coffey [mailto:johncof@ibm.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:44 PM
> > To: Team. Net (E-mail)
> > Subject: Adjustable Swaybars - One or Both Ends?
> >
> >
> > In a discussion with a local suspension guru the point was made that
> > adjustable swaybars really only need to be adjusted on one
> > end, thus the
> > adjustable bars that have adjusting holes on both ends really
> > only need the
> > holes on one end. The basis for this argument is that a sway
> > bar is just a
> > spring with a constant rate so a 100 lbs pushing up on one
> > end will push
> > down with 100 lbs on the other (assuming no preload on the bar).
> >
> > Thinking about this in the context of vehicle roll (which the sway bar
> > exists to control) it appears true. A sway bar transfers
> > load from one side
> > of the vehicle to the other at a constant spring rate and the
> > lever length
> > of the sway bar ends would not affect the amount of load
> > transferred (again,
> > we're talking about vehicle roll). I don't think its true in
> > single wheel
> > bump but that's another issue.
> >
> > This was a new idea to me but it makes sense (after thinking
> > about it and
> > drawing a lot of pictures). What do you folks think?
> >
> > ----------
> > John Coffey
> > johncof@ibm.net
> >
>
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