He had some really good ideas about our suspensions that I'd like to talk to him about. If anyone know's where I can get ahold of him, I'd appreciate it.

BTW, anyone know what a decoupling toruqe arm is? Could you explain it to me?

 

Hi George,

I recieved your e-mail, I am working on a reply to your questions.

I have not gone anywhere, I just have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks.

My understanding of a decoupling torque arm is one with a shock and spring assembly mounted between the end of in and the chassis (in place of the bushing on our f-bodys). These are commonly used with a four link system and panhard bar. The four-link trailing arms mount to "bird cages" on the axle which locates the axle but lets it spin.
The torque arm is used to resist this spin.
Commonly the brake calipers are floating as well as the birdcages, with rods extending to the chassis.

In this situation all forces are "decoupled" and handled by different linkages.

The birdcage and trailing arms locate the axle front to back and resists the accelering / brakeing force.
The torque arm resists the accelerating torque.
The rods attached to the calipers resist the braking torque.
The panhard bar locates the axle side-to-side and handle the cornering forces
Regards,
Derek

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[This message has been edited by NovaScotiaRS (edited July 01, 2002).]

 

Wow, thanks, I hope you haven't sent that email yet because I've been having problems with incoming mail on that account(if you haven't sent it, better to send it to my hotmail account, blksgz28@hotmail.com)

Ok, I understood most of what you explained to me, except the part of the bird cages? The rest of it makes sense though.

 

A birdcage is a bracket one the axles which can spin on the axle tube and has a mount for trailing arms above and below the axle tube.

Derek

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Mods:
1LE AL Driveshaft
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camaroz28.cardomain.com/id/novascotiars

 

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Bright Red 97RS
Mods:
1LE AL Driveshaft
1/4 time: who knows
derekcole.cz28.com
camaroz28.cardomain.com/id/novascotiars