A new type of front suspension ?

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Tihol,

The bump stop we are talking about is for the full extension position.
Normally, a car will never experience such a situation, and there is no
element in a McPherson suspension that could stop that extension except the
shock itself. It acts in fact as a rubber limit strap.

I do wonder why they designed that "stop absorber" instead of a normal
rubber disc. It must be to add some additional damping at the end of the
extend stroke while not limiting full travel on bumpy asphalt roads.

Louis-Alain


> -----Message d'origine-----
> 
> L-A Richard said:
> 
> It is in fact a perforated bellows that is mounted around the shock rod,
> > inside the body and over the piston and is normally filled with shock
> oil.
> > It's only role is to add a supplemental bump stop when the wheel drops
> in a hole (in off-road driving),
> 
> Then Tihol said :
> Above concerns  the internal design of the shock absorber - it can have
> that
> internal bump stop whether it's an insert, integral to the strut or a
> classic shock on its own.
> And "off-road driving" seems used very loosely in this case.  They should
> say gravel roads.