Know Your Car Suspension and Transmission

Suspension

Suspension is a collection of individual components functioning dampen shock, vibration that occurs in vehicle due to an uneven road surface which can enhance driving comfort and vehicle control. Vehicle suspension system is located between the body (skeleton) with wheels. Well there are two main types of suspension are:

•      The suspension system dependent or rigid axle suspension system (rigid)
•      Independent suspension system or independent suspension system.

A. Wheels in a shaft connected to the shaft stiff (rigid), rigid shaft is connected to the body by using springs, shock absorbers and control arm (control arm)

B. Between the wheel in one axis are not directly connected, each wheel (left and right wheels) is connected to the body or frame to the suspension arms (suspension arm), springs and shock absorbers. Shock or vibration in one of the wheels does not affect the other wheel.

Transmission

Transmission system, in automotive, is a system that works for the conversion of torque and speed (rotation) of the engine torque and speed to vary forwarded to the final drive. This conversion changed the high rotational speed is lower but more powerful, or vice versa. There are 3 types of transmission, namely:

A. Manual Transmission: Transmission to change gears to require a driver as the car if you want to change gear / clutch gear must be pressed first.

B. Automatic Transmission: Transmission to change gears automatically or by itself.

C. Semi-auto transmission: Transmission to change gears with gearshift acceleration without stepping on / depress the clutch, the system uses electronic sensors, processors and actuators to move the gear acceleration on the order of the driver.