Car Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension (2021)

Leaf Spring Suspension Explained: What is a Leaf Spring Suspension? With car suspension animation in the video, the contents include
1) Basic leaf spring design: steel layers, metal clamps, axle, U-shaped bolt. rubber bushings, damper and shackle;
2) Working animation: most leaf springs are made in an elliptical shape using spring steel, which has the properties of allowing it to bend when pressure is applied at both ends, and then return to its original position through a damping process.
3) Advantage: leaf springs are simple in design and have low production cost. Leaf springs provide great support between the wheels, axles and chassis of the car. Because of their tight-knit structure, they can withstand the huge vertical loads imposed on them, which is why they are still used in heavy industries.
4) Disadvantage: the leaf setups also allow few directions of motion and are only really designed for vertical movement. The leaf springs are firmly clamped together and bolted to the chassis, as there is almost no room for any other direction of movement, this can cause severe wear on the joints and connections that hold the setup together.
00:00 Leaf Spring Suspension
00:06 Basic Design
00:43 How Leaf Spring Works
01:17 The Advantage
02:10 The Disadvantage
03:13 Summary
Keywords: Car suspension explained | Leaf Spring Suspension | Automobile Engineering | Rear suspension | Solid axle leaf spring suspension | Car Suspension Animation | Car suspension components
Acknowledgement:
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[@kennethpaquin8574]

Something has bothered me about my understanding of how leaf springs work. An explanation would be appreciated. My question is, given that the top leaf has a parabolic shape when it is affixed to the chassis, how can it flex upwards with the ends fixed? As the bend in the leaf is reduced wouldn't it push against the attachment points breaking at least one off the chassis, or otherwise wouldn't the leaf be prevented the leaf from flexing up?

[@patrickweaver1105]

Only one end is fixed the other is attached to a shackle that moves.

[@kennethpaquin8574]

@@patrickweaver1105 That makes sense, but I am still not smart enough to get a picture in my head. Once he springs are installed and they are supporting the weight of the car, what keeps the shackle from being extended to its furthest extent even before the wheel hits a bump?

[@patrickweaver1105]

@@kennethpaquin8574 The resistance of the spring to deflection.

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[@evergreatest7644]

How does leaf springs and the U bolt prevent the axle to spin on its own axis from the torque?

[@revolutionday1]

Dark magic.

[@evergreatest7644]

@@revolutionday1 haha lol.

[@Gorgutek1]

it doesnt have to withstand the torque, it just carries the linear forces, up-down and forward-backward. U bolt has a bushing inside, so it doesnt matter how much torque there is, it just isn't transfered to the leaf spring. It's not like there is a electric motor glued to the suspension. The torque is transfered to the differential, it has no direct effect on suspension

[@serhanozdeger8877]

it simply does not prevent the axis to turn on its own axis. There are additional longitudinal and in some cases lateral arms that prevent the axle to rotate on its own axis. Leaf spring only supports vertical loads.

[@ousmanesarr7287]

the shock and driveshaft itself prevent that

[@EdgewithHedge]

Leaf Spring suspension is almost Zero maintenance as compared to other forms of suspension system

[@kaduklein1834]

0 confort and handling at high speeds

[@DiaperSNiFFER]

@@kaduklein1834that’s true

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[@jonienglish3231]

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[@revolutionday1]

It's...literally the same thing you just watched here, only they run laterally rather than longitudinally....and they are made from a single fiberglass "leaf", rather than steel.

[@revolutionday1]

*See also: stagecoach technology, still being employed by modern manufacturers. *groan*

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