Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is an expensive way to get power to the ground but it was the best way for high powered cars for many years until the geometry of fully independent suspension and chassis stiffness were developed properly. Many early independent suspensions had chameleon like handling characteristics that had nasty habits of biting the hand that powered them in difficult situations. I am not talking about the Porsche's famous power off oversteer, hell that is just fun. John Collier On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 03:27 PM, Austin Franklin wrote: >> The DeDion suspension is NOT independent. The hubs are connected >> to each other by a metal tube which curves behind the chassis mounted >> diff. The rear wheels are always on essentially the same axis. They >> cannot change their relative orientation. > > Jerry, > > Technically, though the design appears independent (as it uses two U > joints > per half shaft, and has a chassis mounted differential), it is not > independent, as you correctly point out. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html