The weight of the locomotive rests on a big, round bearing, which allows the trucks to pivot so the train can make a turn. Below the pivot is a huge leaf spring, or set of coil springs, that rest on a platform. The platform is suspended by four, giant metal links, which connect ...
Here, coil springs are replaced by airbags or air springs, often made from a rubber and polyurethane composite. A compressor fills these air springs via a reservoir to varying degrees: the more air that goes in, the higher the ride height. As well as being able to alter the ride height...
The weight of the locomotive rests on a big, round bearing, which allows the trucks to pivot so the train can make a turn. Below the pivot is a huge leaf spring, or set of coil springs, that rest on a platform. The platform is suspended by four, giant metal links, which connect ...
or SAD, a form of depression that tends to occur seasonally, during the darker winter months.) Still, a half hour in front of even the most powerful light box does not provide as much phototherapy as does a half hour outside on even...
Springs Today's springing systems are based on one of four basic designs: Coil springs are the most common type of spring and is, in essence, a heavy-duty torsion bar coiled around an axis. Coil springs compress and expand to absorb the motion of the wheels. Leaf springs consist of sever...
2. Cutting coil springs Lowering a car will do wonders in terms of improving its looks and handling. But how this mod is carried out can also make or break the car. The wrong method is the budget meal mod: cutting the coil springs to lower a car. A bad way is to use a...
and usefully lighter. Even better, it had a modern ladder-type frame with Dearborn's first fully independent front suspension (via coil springs and upper and lower A-arms), plus a modern rear end with open Hotchkiss drive (replacing torque-tube) and parallel longitudinal leaf springs supporting...
The plans with work with a straight axle or aMustang II independent front suspension. The rear end can be mounted with ladder bars, 4 link, 4 bar or leaf springs. Drawings are provided for a stock width frame as well as a narrowed version to permit you to mount monster tires and instal...
We spend about one-third of our lives asleep, and most of this time is spent on a mattress. Despite the amount of time we spend in bed, many of us ignore our mattress until the springs start poking us through the mattress pad. But a mattress has a lot to do with the quality of ...
Some doors have adjustable thresholds, but few homeowners make the effort to adjust them as time, settlement, and wear take their toll. It's a good idea every now and then to get down on your hands and knees on the inside of the house in front of an entry door, press the side of ...