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Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	Fri, 01 April 2005 01:10

The double wish bones allow you to keep better/more consistent tyre angles. Basically when you use a strut front end the hub is connected to the end of a trianlge with two fixed length sides, the control arm and the distance between the control arm inner pivot and the strut top, and one side who's lenghh changes, the strut. Due to the hub being directly connected to the strut the angle of the hub will change in relation to the strut body itself. In a dual wishbone setup the hub can be one end of a square meaning that when one end of the squre moves vertically the angle of the horizontal links change angle however the hub can stay in exactly the same angle. In reality this isn't how the dual wishbones are setup as they tend to be setup with a shorter top link so that as the wheel moves up the top is pulled in increasing negative camber. Basically it's all about controllability and consistency of the angle of the wheel. [Report message to a moderator]

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