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Someone good with physics?

  • Thread starter Thread starter makenzie71
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trippivot said:
perpendicular or at 90 degrees is the easiest- least resistance == need more spring rate on a shock to suspend a given weight.


every degree away from perp. means less spring rate required to suspend the exact same weight. more stress on the shock mounts-yes . by leaning the shocks away from 90 degrees you are making a mechanical compression dampener.

steep angle will assist a light spring to become "stiffer"

easiest way to explain.
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Every degree away from tangental to the arc of the swingarm (slightly off perpendicular) means MORE spring rate is required to suspend the exact same weight. Yes, more stress on the shock mounts, but they should be able to handle it.
 
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