Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:59:09 GMT From: hohnopsamove.se.NO_JUNK_EMAIL (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: Forward or backwards ?
In article <38898AD7.C777EF7Enopsamsafish.com>, Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com> wrote: > " A force has struck the LH rear wheel from behind" and > "The force imposed a compressive load on the trailing link" > But if the rear wheel is struck from behind it will pull the trailing > arm forward, that is in tension and not compression. Since the break > happened by compression the car could possibly have moved forward > when the wheel hit something ? Please square this for me. The "trailing link" is located between the front of the wheel house and the wheel hub. The link is in front of the wheel, not trailing it as the name suggests. The pictures shows that the link as bent making it shorter (moving wheel forward) and then cracked. -- Göran Larsson hoh AT approve DOT se I was an atheist, http://home DOT swipnet DOT se/hoh/ until I found out I was God.
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