Ride Control Repairs: Keeping Your Customers' Tires Glued to the Road Fresno CA
Ride Control Repairs: Keeping Your Customers' Tires Glued to the Road
Confused about modern ride control technology? Sometimes looking back into automotive history can put such technology into a more usable framework. A good illustration is how ride control technology evolved from the simple, early-century friction shock absorber to the electronic variable-rate shocks and MacPherson struts currently being installed on late-model imports. When early automobile manufacturers first mated a gasoline engine to what was essentially a buggy chassis, they quickly discovered that the buggy-style suspensions with high percentages of unsprung weight concentrated in the wheels and axles would bounce uncontrollably at anything above horse-drawn speeds. As speeds increased, the need for a spring dampening device or "shock absorber" became apparent and what we now refer to as the "ride control industry" was born. EARLY RIDE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY The tubular, oil-filled "airplane" shock absorber, popularly introduced in the 1930s, seemed to offer the best solutio... |
