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To: sonofstrangelove

3 posted on 12/23/2009 2:53:24 AM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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To: BallyBill

except it will be painted white, and cost 20x what it would at Advance Auto


4 posted on 12/23/2009 4:09:14 AM PST by tm61 (somewhere in chicago, a ward is missing it's crook)
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To: BallyBill; tm61
You need a Vibration Damper that can take the forces and is designed for the frequency range of interest.

Strangely enough, the standard shock absorber isn't exactly a vibration damper. It's designed to extend and in so doing sort of "push down" the tires to keep them making contact with the road (don't want your tires bouncing up and down and not making contact with the road - it's bad for control). If you ever see a car on a "washboard" test pavement the front end of the vehicle will actually raise up as it's going down that section of test road.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper

Pictures of a couple of interesting vibration dampers I found doing a short look online are shown below:


7 posted on 12/23/2009 12:06:55 PM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (The light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash...)
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