A Brief Account of Various Types of Suspensions
Suspensions are amongst the major components of a vehicle's mechanical anatomy. Depending on the model and its functional principles, there are various types of suspension, and each of them is different from the others from a structural and functional point of view. Here on this page, let us take a bird’s eye view of some leading types of suspensions. 4x4 Suspensions 4x4 suspension system is made of coil springs, leaf springs, IFS or Independent Front Suspension, TTB or Twin Traction Beam front axle that comes in two varieties - coil spring version (the more popular one) and leaf spring version. Besides, this suspension has something called spring rate, which is required to deflect a spring by 1 inch. It also has bump stops and limit straps. 4WD Suspensions 4WD suspensions come in leaf spring, coil spring live axle varieties, or coil spring independent suspension varieties. There are two fundamental parts of this suspension system -the springs and the various components t...