Posted by mj on May 30, 2015 at 19:09:55 from (216.237.70.109):
In Reply to: not a tractor but,,, posted by larry@stinescorner on May 30, 2015 at 16:12:51:
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They were bad enough on one account - The early ones had a 'swing-axle' rear suspension. The rear wheels were limited in their downward arc by a nylon :shock: strap that resembled a seatbelt. If you went though a dip in the road at a speed that unloaded the rear suspension on the rebound and the belt broke, the wheel and tire would tuck under the car, parallel to the road :shock:which meant a BIG WRECK! The age of the nylon plus worn shocks, etc. all contributed to this event. (A guy that went to school with me in '65 had this happen and it took him a good long time to recover from his injuries; he was lucky to survive :oops:)
After Nader beat them down GM went to a fully independent rear suspension with 2 u-joints per side in the rear, BUT it was too late, the Corvair never recovered from the bad image that it had acquired. VW also switched from the swing axle design though it was mechanically unnecessary as their swing axle travel was limited by stops on the frame that engaged the torsion bar trailing arms at full rebound but they (VW) didn't want to risk being 'Nader-ized' as GM had been. 8)
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