Miata Mailing List: June 1998, Message #2012

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MacPherson struts look and act like shocks, they also replace the upper
control arms in function.  With macpherson struts some alignment settings
are made at the strut tower.

they look very much like shocks though.

/^\dans



At 05:08 PM 6/12/98 +0000, Cstmcars@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 6/12/98 1:52:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>echrist@phoenix.Princeton.EDU writes:
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>> Until just now: Miatas don't have struts!!!  
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>I'm a bit confused... I was under the impression that Struts were basically
>shocks which also are used to support the car. This being shocks with the
>spring perches on them. They are no Mcpherson's (sp) but wouldn't or couldn't
>they be classified as struts? Do they maybe fall into a gray area or are they
>shocks and definitely not struts?
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>Just curious so I'll know what to ask for next time...=P
>
>Steve Fujita
>http://members.aol.com/Quahzimoto/home.html
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>P.S. I was thinking Strutless was a new manufacturer... Heh heh...
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