While the independent front suspension design that was under the Chevrolet passenger cars from 1941 to 1948 was a relatively forward-thinking design since Ford was still using a solid front axle at ...

Karl is a former Senior Editor at CarBuzz and first joined the company as a freelancer in 2019. After graduating as a copywriter and studying journalism, his early work life included stints in ...

Different types of cars have different types of suspensions. Most car owners have heard the term “strut,” but may not be clear as to what exactly the struts on a vehicle are or what they do. Most ...

Automotive suspension systems have come a long way in a very short time. We don’t have to look back much farther than the late 1980s to find vehicles that required shock absorber replacements on a ...

The suspension underneath your vehicle consists of a series of shock absorbers (or dampers), coil springs, and control arms. The latter is of utmost importance since control arms do more than "control ...

CARS.COM — Your car’s struts are a vital part of its suspension system. They are structural in nature, and they are mounted to the top of the car’s chassis. Struts come down through the chassis and ...

CARS.COM — Some vehicles, particularly for the front suspension, have struts. While the terms shocks and struts often are used together, struts are a suspension assembly that includes a shock absorber ...

During the preseason annual inspection of our '69 Dodge Dart, we noticed that both of the lower control arm bushings were torn. The drag race season was approaching rapidly, and, as a result, our ...

The suspension system of a road-going vehicle has two main purposes. Filtering out unwanted motions that occur in a moving vehicle is one thing, but the suspension system also improves handling and ...