Talk:Sliding pillar suspension

Would it be possible for someone to provide schematic diagrams to show how this works? Respectfully, SamBlob 16:55, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Done

Morgans
Kind of wacky that the text says that the Morgan is not actually a sliding pillar, but the illo is of a Morgan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.114.26 (talk) 08:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Morgans are sliding pillar, but they're "inside out" compared to the original design. Their pillars are fixed and the sleeve (and wheel) is what slides. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:43, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Motorcycle_fork
What is the difference to Motorcycle_fork ? Arnero (talk) 17:19, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Motorcycle forks have two components: a head bearing to allow steering and (usually) a sliding joint for suspension. These are separate. In the sliding pillar suspension described here, one joint can allow both sliding & rotation.
 * Potentially a monoshock fork system could be provided where the sliding suspension movement was absorbed into the head bearing (i.e. one joint now handles both movements). I've never heard of such a thing - it would have very short suspension travel, for one thing.
 * A closer comparison with motorbikes would be rear plunger suspension. This is very similar and is a "sliding pillar" in much the same way, but it doesn't have the freedom to rotate for steering. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:43, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

First use of independent front suspension?
Not Decauville, in 1898 as claimed. First use of sliding pillars, maybe, but...  Wiki: "In 1878 Amédée [Bollée] designed the La Mancelle, which is regarded as the first automobile to be put into series production, 50 being manufactured in all. It possessed such (for the period) advanced features as rear-wheel drive (via shaft to the differential and then via chain to the rear wheels) and independent suspension on all four wheels. The original vehicle is preserved in the collection of the Musée de l'Automobile de la Sarthe." heckmotor97Heckmotor97 (talk) Heckmotor97 (talk) 14:07, 25 July 2022 (UTC)