<VV> '64 Rear Suspension

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Ron wrote:

> You can't compare the '64 leaf spring force on the differential with 
> the jacking load on the differential as the latter is much greater 
> than the spring force.  There's no comparison ...


au contraire, Ron -- very comparable -- same relative magnitude (powers 
of ten), lifts the car three to five inches, and it is continous, 
applying that force anytime the wheels are touching the ground, so as a 
time related force (Click to see the LaTeX code for this image 
<javascript:;>), it is actually much greater, not to mention the 
transient loading while being driven. -- if someone wants to go collect 
data on this, be my guest, should be relatively easy with today's 
technology.

Bill