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DRIVE-CONTROL
COMPONENTS
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Front Suspension
Effects of Reduced Wheel Center to Kingpin Axis Offset
(1) When the vehicle is accelerated or decelerated,
(3) In the multi-link suspension, the offset is as
or when it goes over a projection on road without
small as about a third of that in a strut type
d
braking, the traction acting on the wheel center
suspension and about one half of that in a
generates a moment around the kingpin axis
double-wishbone suspension. The reduced
off-
that would cause the toe angle to change.
set, therefore, assures by far better directional
(2) Since the moment is
proportionaf
to the
magni-
stability when the vehicle is accelerated or
decel-
tude of offset between the ‘wheel center and
erated,
or when it goes over a projection on
the kingpin axis, the smaller the offset, the less
road.
the change in toe angle, and the better the direc-
tional stability.
<Multi-Link Suspension>
<Double-Wishbone Type Suspension>
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Type Suspension>
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-Kingpin
axis
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