OT - truck axles

[gooddane66 at yahoo.com (Phil Boeye)]

There ya go.  Ask, and ye shall get something or
rather.



--- sailingfc@dslextreme.com wrote:

> It's called a staggered mounting.  It is to control
> axle wind up, both
> during acceleration and braking.
> 
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 95 Passat VR6
> Second Owner
> 
> 
> Greg Pallett
> > As we all know, a Scirocco is a much lower car the
> what the rest of
> > the world drives.  As such, it affords a great
> view of the rear axles
> > of pick-up trucks.  I've noticed, that pretty
> consistently the shock
> > absorbers are mounted on different sides of the
> axle - the left shock,
> > at the bottom mounts to the rear of the axle, and
> the right shock (at
> > the bottom) mounts infront of the axle.
> > Any ideas?  Something to do with torque
> distribution perhaps?
> >
> > Greg
> >
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> crazy
> >
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