Description

DESCRIPTION

The front suspension is Mc Pherson type, independent with telescopic struts.

The front suspension can be mainly knocked down into the following components:

• The front crossmember (3) which is fastened rigidly to the body and, in addition to reinforcing the bearing structure, supports the steering box and cast iron wishbones of the suspension.
• The telescopic struts which comprise the helical springs (6) and the shock absorbers (5). This way, the offset, tapered springs reduce the thrust on the shock absorber stem and simplify steering. This solution also eliminates any shock absorber noise when the car is travelling, thereby improving comfort. The pressurised shock absorbers with lamellar disc-type inlet valves with particularly fine tolerances, enable excellent results in terms of comfort and noiselessness on the various types of road surfaces, while maintaining the necessary damping action.

• The cast iron wishbones (2), support the ball joints connecting the wheel upright (4) and the silent-blocks with the sheet metal reinforcement for fastening the wishbones to the crossmember (3). The rotation of the wishbones on silent blocks gives the suspension high crosswise rigidity and low longitudinal rigidity, thereby enabling:

• improved behaviour of the car even under particularly critical roadholding conditions (the former);
• improved riding comfort (the latter).

The stabilizer bar (7) increases the rigidity of the suspension of one side of the car and lowers it proportionately on the other side. Its purpose is to limit the crosswise lean of the bearing body. This makes it possible to increase the speed limits when cornering as it counters the increase of roll of the car body caused by centrifugal stresses, which occur with the increase of speed.

1. Stabilizer bar - wishbone connecting rod
2. Wishbone
3. Front crossmember
4. Wheel upright
5. Shock absorber
6. Spring
7. Stabilizer bar