Re: Suspension teminology clarification

["Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com>]

Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl> wrote:
>
> At 12:22 99-03-12 -0700, Ken Keith wrote:
> 
> >> >4) strut top bearing
> >> 
> >> This was confusing me for a long time. I prefer to call the rubber part the
> >> shock piston mounts to a "strut mount" rather that "bearing". First, the
> >> "bearing" suggest a moving part, secondly, there's a "spring bearing" - the
> >> part the spring rides on, which (for example) in my native language is
> >> called "McPherson bearing" or "strut bearing".
> >
> >IMO it's called a strut bearing because it's a bearing.  It is a moving
> >part.  It rotates when the wheels turn.
> >
> >Not trying to flame, but I don't see why it would be confusing.
> 
> I think you misunderstood. I also refer to the plastic ring that is between
> the upper spring retainer and the strut plate as a "strut bearing", because
> you're right - it _is_ a bearing. However, I noticed in the past that some
> people also tend to call the rubber mount (the rubber-metal part that holds
> the strut piston to the body - the one you move to adjust camber) a "bearing",
> which I found confusing. We have the strut bearing (which consists of two
> plates and a plastic ring, which moves as the wheel turns) and the strut mount
> (which is a non-moving metal-rubber element).

Yes, I must have misundestood.  Does anyone have any links to online pictures 
of the 5k suspension setup, preferably an exploded view?  I haven't seen much 
of the 5k's, mostly 4k's and Coupes.

<hehe> Maybe it's a bearing because it bears the weight of the car.  Nah.

Ken