An alternative to a solid rear axle, or what is referred to as a live axle, is independent rear suspension. Independents offer a number of advantages, the unsprung weight and the fact that the ...

It was nearly two decades ago, way back in 2002, that Ford's Expedition switched from the tried-and-true live rear axle to an independent rear suspension (IRS). What took Chevy so long?

Horse Sense:Maximum Motorsports says setting up an IRS suspension follows the same philosophy as it uses on live-axle Mustangs-set up the front axle, then tune the rear spring, shock, and bar ...

Rear suspension technology has come a long way ... Here we're going to concentrate on traditional live axle/leaf spring suspensions, and especially how the axle is located in the car.

Ford’s answer to this problem was to ditch the live axle and design an independent rear suspension using two trailing arms. They could have used a De Dion but decided against it, I believe ...

Well, there are three basic ways to sort out a rear axle. Dependent suspension – also known as a ‘live' axle – is where the wheels are linked to each other in some fashion. In effect, this means that ...

It’s important to understand the differences between independent suspensions and solid (also called live) axle suspensions ... often used with solid axles in the rear suspension to level ...

That's because while a live axle performs well ... so every time the suspension has to conform to a bump or irregularity in the road, the entire mass of the rear axle has to move up, over, and ...

As you can clearly see in the images above and below, there is no solid, live axle spanning between the rear hubs. Instead, there’s a beefy, black suspension arm visible, tying each hub to a ...

this is something that could propel these pickups ahead of even the smooth-riding Ram 1500 , which offers an air suspension system, but still has a live rear axle. After brief, back-to-back spins ...

The original rear axle has been discarded ... a typical modification on live axle off-roaders with huge tires and big suspension lifts. The truck is set to score 40″ Mickey Thompson Baja Pro ...