Phil Ethier wrote:
> If a bar is asymmetrically adjusted in the manner implied in the
> original post, here is what would happen: Assume that the lever arm
> on the left side is 9 inches. Assume that the right end was stiffened
> by reducing the lever arm to 8 inches. Say the suspension is to
> deflect three inches when we hit the speed bump. Each end of the
> swaybar would theoretically move through the same arc having a chord
> distance of say three inches.
You make a good point but you're actually ignoring another factor (and I
don't know whether it would make matters better or worse).
The *suspension* would move three inches on both sides -- or rather,
let's say, the end of the drop link that's connected to the suspension
would move three inches -- same on both sides.
But the drop links are not dead vertical, or at least they're not BOTH
dead vertical -- so the chord distance of the other end of the drop link
is not necessarily the same three inches, nor is it necessarily linear!
Does this make matters better or worse? I leave that as an exercise to
the reader.
Mark
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