Posted on 02/04/2007 10:44:55 PM PST by Pontiac
It was still idiotic to let a 2 year old sit in the back of a pickup truck. My parents used child seats for all of us starting in 83, I don't know if they were mandatory but everyone used them.
Actually, Twin I Beam makes it LESS likely, not MORE, that the vehicle will roll over. A straight stick axle is far more likely to flip than something with IFS, which is what T-I-B is. It's not a very good IFS, but it still is one.
>>Actually, Twin I Beam makes it LESS likely, not MORE, that the vehicle will roll over.<<
It wasn't my conclusion. It was the conclusion of a study panel that TIB made the vehicle's center of gravity higher and the higher center of gravity was inherited even through to today.
For example;
http://www.rolloverlawyer.com/FordRanger.htm
or just look at the google results.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=twin+i-beam+rollover&btnG=Google+Search
i've read an extensive report somewhere, just can't find it.
Yes, but study panels find incorrectly all the time...
That said, TIB should never have been used in a Ranger. It's fine in a full size truck because it's width is sufficient to offset the *slightly* higher center of gravity. A stick axle on a full size will still lever the truck over when it encounters a pothole or other similar road disturbance, where TIB won't.
A Ranger is just too small for TIB.
Actually the twin I beam suspension was only used on the F series pickups and not the Bronco 2 (which this article is about) and Ranger series pick ups.
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