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- From: sarangan@nabla.uwaterloo.ca (Andrew Sarangan)
- Subject: Suspension Question
- Message-ID: <BuMyr3.IL1@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Sender: news@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
- Reply-To: sarangan@nabla.uwaterloo.ca (Andrew Sarangan)
- Organization: University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ont.
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:11:26 GMT
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- The rear wheels of my '82 Tercel have the springs and shocks physically
- separate, so replacement is quite easy. The front wheels have the shocks
- running through the springs and the whole unit held together by a mechanism.
- I understand this type of suspension is called the McPherson struts (correct
- me if I'm wrong).
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- Now my question is:
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- What is a strut ?
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- How do I remove the front shocks when the spring is compressed under
- high tension ?
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- Thanks for your time.
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- Andrew
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