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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I thought they had fully independent, not swing axle...

Swing axle is fully independant. One wheel can move without the other.

The Imp rear suspension is semi trailing arm - just swing axle turned
round a bit.

No- swing axle means that the wheel is bolted hard to an axle that
swings.

So? Independant suspension requires one wheel to be able to move
independently of another. Which a swing axle allows. Prime example being
the Triumph Herald/Spitfire.


Not an arm that swings, The imp rear suspension is not swing axle. The
wheel has a UJ between itself and the axle. That makes it fully
independent rear suspension in the parlance.

Just a different design. But still independant.

The front IS 'swing axle' however. except there are no axles as such..

How do you define an axle?

The definitive feature of swing axle is that the wheel changes camber
under loading. The definitive feature of fully independent dual wishbone
or trailing arm is that it doesn't, or does so by design.

I'm afraid you're making up your own definition.

Mc McPherson struts are somewhat between the two.

No they're not.

Solid beam axles are another case entirely.They don't change camber but
carry high unsprung weight and a lot of inter axle coupling,.


I suggest you do more research before opening your mouth.

********. The only system which is more difficult to define is De Dion,
since the wheels are directly linked by the De Dion tube.

The only type of non independant suspension (in practice) is a beam axle.

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