Re: [VW-TECH] Coilovers & suspension travel

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>>On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, John Van Vuren wrote:
>
>> Hmm..   how can it provide as much travel with a shorter shaft?  You
won't
>> be able to compress it as much....   without pushing the shaft down
inside
>> of the strut body I mean
>>
>> You are talking about the strut body being the same, with the only change
>> being the shaft that slides in and out?  (get yer mind outta the gutter
>> Verne)
>
>Yes...that is exactly what I meant!
>
>Eric


So how can it provide as much travel?  Let's say the strut body is 12"
tall...   so the piston can move 12" up and down (in theory, I realize the
thickness of the piston affects this)...   so if you cut the shaft off to be
shorter than 12" you can no longer push the piston all the way to the
bottom, in effect reducing your travel (because you can't push the shaft
down into the strut body)

Right?

John




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