A strut is a combination of a shock absorber and a coil spring
A spring is just a spring, a strut is a combination shock and spring unit which fits between the A frame and the vehicle body.
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An adjustable strut will have some type of collar which will allow the spring to be set tighter or looser, look for threads on the outside of the strut body and a big nut which u would spin up or down. there may be a few other designs, that are used, but that was the most common. matts911.rr.com
An adjustable strut will have some type of collar which will allow the spring to be set tighter or looser, look for threads on the outside of the strut body and a big nut which u would spin up or down. there may be a few other designs, that are used, but that was the most common. matts911.rr.com
I believe they should be struts, not shocks. The only difference is where the bracket is for the brake line, the strut itself is the same.
The only difference on a 67 is that the holes in which the strut rod mounts to are unique to that year. Other than that, they are identical to the 68 - 73. The best thing to do with a 67 is just get 68 - 73 strut rods. Better strut rods and lower control are out they for a 68 - 73, unless you are keeping it stock. then it really doesn't matter.
They're usually sightly differently shaped to attach well to the strut and the chassis.
They are of different size and travel of the piston in the strut bore. The mounting hardware is different on the two.
No, a Macpherson is a strut -shock combo unit that fits between the A frame and the vehicle frame.
Its very simple, continuous means a single long member(an angle, a channel etc) is used as a column while in discontinuous many small members are joined to make a compression member.
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