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Huge wrote:
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.

Probably not that good an example, since the Herald has a transverse
leaf spring, which although solidly fixed above the diff, almost
certainly allows one wheel to affect the other, to an extent. I can't
find a diagram of the rear suspension of the Beetle, another swing
axler. However, there's a good picture of the rear suspension of the
Chevy Corvair here;

http://www.widman.biz/Corvair/Englis...-1026-full.jpg

Swing axle, fully independent.

Yes. Of course many suspension systems use anti-roll bars which negate to
some extent the independant movement of a wheel.

And the car that caused Ralph Nader to write "Unsafe at any speed".

Oh absolutely. Such uncontrolled and large camber change is never a good
thing.

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