Re: 56 400 TLS

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/12/19 15:49:35

I would have thought that with the leveler in or out, that the main torsion bars are at rest, and tht the car is level.

First of all, the main bars are not "at rest" when the motor and gearbox are out, they are still loaded by supporting the weight of the body. Secondly, the "leveler" function isn't just some neat little add-on feature but an essential part of the suspension system because without any loading of the short bars the car body will simply come to rest in a position based on the center of weight and it can rock back and forth from there just by applying a little weight fore or aft.


There are several publications about the design and execution of the system that you might find useful reading. One of the better ones is the paper Packard presented to the industry, to the SAE as I recall. Perhaps it's available on-line here.