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 ...

The most common coil-spring front suspension uses two control arms (also called A-arms because of their shape) per side, mounted to the frame, and a coil spring between them that exerts force on only ...

Leaf springs were a hot new technology several years ago, and by "several years," we mean the Bronze Age. Vehicles have evolved somewhat since the chariot, what with trotting and biting horses being ...