<VV> Axle Jacking

[Lonny Clark]

Thanks Smitty,

Do you have any experience with a rebound strap that has a spring on it so
that the inside wheel doesn't pick up suddenly? Does it help?

The one I had in mind was basically a chain with a spring on the end. One
end of the chain attached to the frame, the spring attached to the rear
A-arm.

Anybody else have experience with that type of setup?

Lonny

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Smitty <vairologist at cox.net> wrote:

> Smitty Says;   I missed making a big point on axle jacking and rebound
> straps.  Yes the axle drop angle on a 60-63 Corvair even with the proper
> shock installed is suficient to allow axle jacking.  I have experienced
> that.  Ask Bill Hubbell about it.  He has a story to tell about it.  This
> tendancy is reduced by the transverse spring when the control arm drops down
> to it.  The rebound straps available were made to limit axle drop to even
> less than the shock would allow.
> More from experience;  Think on this.  You put rebound straps on the car
> and you go out to the autocross.  You are really "getting it" with your new
> MIchlin tires on and into a hard turn.  The outside wheel compresses. the
> body rolls, and all at once it jerks the inside wheel off the ground.  BTDT
> and I took the straps back off.  The first rule of inertia applies to
> suspensions as though it was writen for it.  For everything you do to
> improve it there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Lonny Clark