<VV> Front suspension hockey stick

[Rick Norris]

Well,
I had never heard it called a "Hockey Stick" but I knew immediately what 
John was referring to. It's really the brake reaction rod on the front 
suspension. Also used to adjust the caster angle of the front wheels. 
Another use is as a stop for the wheels when turned to full lock. The flat 
end of the "stick" does that. I'm not sure what the shaped sheet metal piece 
held on top by the two bolts/rivits is for. Some have them, some don't.

Rick Norris

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> Does the hockey stick from a late suspension fit the '64 suspension?  I
> know that there are some differences between the years. The part that I
> have has pressed in studs and a metal piece between the studs and the
> hockey stick.
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> Okey Dokey.....I'll bite, what the hell is a "hockey stick".  We musta
> missed that somewhere in my engineering classes, and I can't for the life 
> of
> me think what actual suspension component MIGHT look enough like a hockey
> stick to call it that.
>
> FWIW, every piece of a suspension has an actual correct name that any
> engineer from Detroit to Stuttgart to Shanghai knows and understands, and
> "hockey stick" isn't one of them.
>
> John
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