If drum brakes and flat-tappet camshafts are old-school technology, then springs are quite literally ancient. In some respects the wooden bows and catapults used by medieval knights to bludgeon their ...

Nobody sets out to fall in love with a leaf spring. It’s the kind of suspension part that quietly does its job for decades and gets zero credit, mostly because it was borrowed from technology that ...

Fifty years is a long time, especially for a vehicle's suspension components. Although the shocks get replaced regularly, leaf springs are rarely given much thought—unless you want to lower the ...

Ever think about wheeling a sheet of plywood off road? Try it. Have your buddy tow a 4x8-foot sheet of plywood behind his 4x4 down the trail. Heck, even a graded dirt road would do, and you ll develop ...

This knife begins underneath a truck rather than inside a steel workshop. A section of leaf spring is removed from the ...

This story appears in the April 11 print edition of E&MU, a supplement to Transport Topics. Maryland-based Ramar Moving Systems hauls specialty items such as art, satellites and, once, a moon buggy.

While there's no denying that having a rear shock can improve some aspects of the mountain biking experience, it does add weight and complexity. The Rampage Innova cross-country bike offers an ...

Oklahoma manufacturer provides certainty in uncertain times with proven on-time delivery and increased domestic production planned at its new high-tech manufacturing facility. The company's entry into ...