There are basically four types of drive axle suspension systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks: rigid mount, steel leaf springs, rubber blocks and air ride. The choice between systems directly ...

Owners of 3/4- and 1-ton trucks know firsthand how harsh the ride can be in their unloaded trucks. Heck, even with a considerable load in the bed, the ride is still not exactly luxurious. Sulastic ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany—Laundry and personal care products-to-reactive polyurethane systems company, Henkel A.G. and automotive composites firm Benteler S.G.L. are supplying polyurethane composite leaf ...

Up until the mid-'70s, most cars came from the factory with a solid rear axle suspended by two semielliptic, parallel leaf springs. A leaf spring is made | up of one or more long, narrow strips of ...

Timbren Industries says the 2007 diesel emission standards and a switch to tapered steel, composite, and air springs in medium and heavy-duty trucks led it to design new Aeon hollow rubber springs and ...