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Old 05-28-2013, 02:10 AM   #2
SkinnyG
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Re: Staggered Shocks

Staggered shocks (one pointing fore, one pointing aft), as I understand it, are to control axle wrap on a leaf-sprung vehicle - one controls acceleration, the other controls deceleration (since the axle will wrap the other way).

On a four-link (or equivalent), axle wrap becomes a non-issue, so the shocks are usually mounted the same on either side of the axle.
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