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3 +2 | centre link (center link) |
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centre link (center link) Explanation: The Astra’s GTC compound crank/Watt’s link rear suspension system has also been revised, with bespoke roll-stiffness and roll-center height settings for this application. The system has many advantages over a modern multi-link design, including improved packaging, greater wheel camber stiffness and reduced suspension friction. The Watt’s link also ensures that lateral stability is maintained at all times. The Watt’s link is carried on a small cross-member attached to the underside of the car, just behind the rear wheel center line. It ***comprises a short, pivoting center link with a ball joint at each end***, to which the lateral links from the wheels are bolted. In a straight line, the set up ensures excellent stability, but during cornering it minimizes lateral deflection in the same way a modern multi-link system would do. Opel’s engineers estimate that the linkage absorbs around 80 percent of all lateral loadings on the rear suspension. In addition, the Watt’s link allows for softer bushings, which no longer have to compensate for toe changes at the rear of the car, and thus provide greater compliance and ride comfort from the rear axle. http://auto-media.info/2011/07/21/opel-astra-gtc-exclusive-h... Das am Wagenboden direkt hinter der Mittelachse der Hinterräder positionierte Watt-Gestänge *** besteht aus einem kurzen, schwenkbaren Ausgleichslenker mit Kugelgelenken***, an denen die Querstreben zu den Rädern befestigt sind. Dank dieser Anordnung werden Einflüsse in Querrichtung genauso wie solche, die von Unebenheiten der Fahrbahn verursacht werden, wirkungsvoll absorbiert. Das Watt-Gestänge nimmt die von außen einwirkenden Kräfte auf und stützt diese über den kleinen Achskörper am Unterboden ab. Dadurch werden sehr effektiv alle Seitenbewegungen der Achse verhindert. Der Ausgleichslenker überträgt rund 80 Prozent der Querkräfte, die an den Hinterrädern angreifen. http://media.gm.com/content/media/de/de/opel/news.detail.htm... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2011-08-17 23:53:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt's_linkage |
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