Re: [AMC-list] AMC/Jeep J-10 Five Speeds & other mods

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

It's like the later Ford "solid axle" IFS, where the axle is "broken" in the center. Late 50s and early 60s rear drive Mercedes IRS axles are done the same way. And of course the VW bug and early Corvair. There is no allowance for changing camber as the suspension travels (wheels stay perpendicular to the ends of the axles) , and travel is limited. For a street/light trail (rough road) truck the limited travel is fine. The few FSJs that got the IFS weren't used for off roading I'm sure.

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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:02:11 -0500
From: Peter Marano<pmarano@xxxxxxxxx>

> >  Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:06:36 -0400
> >  From: Frank Swygert<farna@xxxxxxx>
>
> >  Yeah, but the early Jeep and most of the Ford "IFS" suspensions aren't really IFS to me, they are "break axle" or "swing axle" designs. Camber doesn't change as the wheels go up and down, or rather it DOES change.
>    
Look more closely at the early Jeep IFS it is more sophisticated than
you think. It is not like the Ford 'Twin I Beam'


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