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Shock absorber (the Absorber), shock absorbers are mainly used to inhibit spring rebound shock after shock absorption and shock from the pavement. When in an uneven road, while the shock-absorbing springs can filter vibration on the road, but the spring itself there will be a reciprocating motion, shock absorbers are used to discourage jumping spring. Shock absorbers were too soft, the body would be jumping up and down, shock absorbers too hard it would bring too much resistance, prevent the spring works. In the suspension system in the conversion process, hard hard spring and shock absorbers to match, and the hardness of the spring is closely related to vehicle weight, heavier cars generally use a hard shock absorber. Shock and crank device, used to counteract crankshaft torsional vibration (impact ignition cylinder and rotating the crankshaft). Read more…

Unless a dampening structure is present, a car spring will extend and release the energy it absorbs from a bump at an uncontrolled rate. The spring­ will continue to bounce at its natural frequency until all of the energy originally put into it is used up. A suspension built on springs alone would make for an extremely bouncy ride and, depending on the terrain, an uncontrollable car.

Enter the shock absorber, or snubber, a device that controls unwanted spring motion through a process known as dampening. Shock absorbers slow down and reduce the magnitude of vibratory motions by turning the kinetic energy of suspension movement into heat energy that can be dissipated through hydraulic fluid. To understand how this works, it’s best to look inside a shock absorber to see its structure and function. Read more…