Krane's Automotive University

Suspension Major:
(Most of) What You Need to Know About Suspension

by Dr. John Krane


The curriculum for a major in suspension is:

101: Introduction to Camber, Caster, and Toe
102: Shocks, Swaybars, and Bushings
111: Ride Height Adjustment and Pitfalls
112: Chassis Bracing for Handling Improvement
201: Finding Ideal Alignment and Shock Settings for Street
202: Finding Ideal Alignment and Shock Settings for Track
301: Introduction to Corner-Weight Balance and Bump Steer Adjustment
302: Survey of Aftermarket Parts
401: DIY Camber, Caster, Toe
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501: Introduction to Steering Angle Inclination and Roll Axis
601: DIY Ride Height, Corner-Weight Balance, Swaybar Preload, Bump Steer
602: DIY Roll Axis Adjustment (very advanced)
701: Independent study...fine-tuning for performance

Yeah, yeah, each class is only an hour of material from start to finish instead of 14 weeks like a real class, but so what? Work with me here! It's an accelerated program...and it's free. It is also probably long enough as it is.

If you don't see a link above, it's because I haven't written the class yet. Thanks for all the kind words, but I do not work on cars for a living so I can only write more as time allows. Seriously, I have only done one article in like 5 years, so there are unlikely to be more articles in the near future!


Copyright © John Krane 2005.

Feel free to contact me with questions at jkrane1_AT_hotmail_DOT_com .

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