6 Types Of Car Suspension: How It Works And Excess

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YOGYAKARTA - Car suspension is one of the important components in four-wheeled vehicles. The suspension system functions to reduce vibrations and shocks when passing through a bumpy or uneven road. There are several types of car suspensions that you need to know about.

Suspension cars also work to help balance and support car bodies so that they can be stable when driving. Each type of car has a different type of suspension. Along with the production of modern cars, the suspension system is increasingly diverse.

Because this component plays a role in supporting the convenience of motorists, you need to know the types of car suspensions and their respective advantages.

Quality car suspensions can keep vehicles calm and safe when driving. There are several types of car suspensions that need to be understood by four-wheeled vehicle owners, as follows:

One type of suspension that is widely applied to cars around the world is the Macpherson suspension. This suspension is widely liked because it has affordable prices and the components are fairly simple.

The Macpherson suspension is designed with an upright shape and is supported by shock damping which is the center point of the cluster angle in the car. In addition, the shortcomings of this type of suspension are less capable of receiving loads and the angle of the slope always changes when crossing the turn. This condition makes the tires less able to grip the asphalt well.

Another type of suspension that is also widely used for cars is the Double Wishbone suspension. This suspension has 2 arms or arm that supports the suspension system, namely a lower arm and an upper arm.

The Double Wishbone suspension is designed with an independent design and a constant angle, so that the corner of the bend and movement of the suspension will not affect the geometry angle.

Meanwhile, the shortcomings of the Double Wishbone suspension are that it requires a fairly wide space. When you want to replace the shockbreaker or shock damper, the demolition process takes quite a long time. This type of suspension is fairly easily damaged in the part, such as broken balljoint, long tierod, and end tier od.

Multi Link suspension is the result of development from Double Wishbone and Multi Link. This type of suspension has a fairly complex construction design, due to separate parts combined with joints. This suspension is also designed with a poros-pore end of the component on two arm sides.

Multi Link suspension is a type of suspension that has better grip or quality, so cars are easier to control. In addition, the variation in this suspension is also fairly large and complete. However, when damaged, the replacement process takes a long time and the spare parts are rare and expensive.

Suspension Axle Rigid is a type of suspension that is usually placed on the back of the car. The characteristic feature of this type of suspension is the presence of wheels on the left side with the right connected to one axis (gardan).

This type of suspension has 2 models at once, namely the Axle Rigid model which is equipped with leaf springs and the Axle Rigid model which is equipped with coil springs or per. Suspensi Axle Rigid has good quality and can be applied in various types of cars. Although fairly simple, this suspension is also strong, so it can support large loads and this suspension can work stably, so it is suitable for various types of large cars.

Another type of car suspension that is widely used is Rigid Leafspring. This suspension is widely used for cars circulating in Indonesia, the majority of types of commercial or old-type cars. This suspension is generally applied on the back of the car because the suspension is rigid.

Suspensi Rigid - Leafspring is designed with a fairly simple and simple construction. This type of suspension usually consists of Axle Housing which is tied to using an U-Bolt that is already installed in the frame section. The cars that apply this suspension generally have a fairly high level of resilience.

Air Suspension or air suspension is the result of development that provides excellent performance. Because of the good quality offered, this type of suspension is widely used in luxury cars.

Even in luxury cars, this suspension can be arranged using a computer so that it is very practical and measurable. However, the shortage of this suspension is a very complicated construction compared to other types of suspensions. In addition, this suspension has a high price.

Such is the review of the types of car suspensions that need to be known by the owners of four-wheeled vehicles. Each type of car suspension has its own advantages and disadvantages. Also read how to treat car suspensions to maintain comfort and safety.

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