All - Speed Bumps Damage - Ed V

My local garage in the west London suburbs re-set my tracking yesterday, as part of the service.

The guy there told me that their work on suspensions had increased tenfold over the last decade - and in his view, speed bumps are the reason.

All - Speed Bumps Damage - thunderbird

Drive slower over bumps.

Simples.

All - Speed Bumps Damage - RT

Drive slower over bumps.

Simples.

It should be possible to drive over speed humps at the legal speed limit without causing any suspension damage - but it isn't - so either the speed limit is wrong or the trafiic calming is wrong - simples.

All - Speed Bumps Damage - gordonbennet

Only one road car i've owned was sleeping policeman and pot hole proof, and that was the P6 Rovers, fitted with slightly modified DeDion Tube rear suspension, which invariably didn't work because the bellows split and allowed the fluid out, i fixed them and the difference that extra damping made was huge.

Coupled with the front suspension of a full pivot design, with the springs mounted horizontally braced against the tank like bulkhead made for a very strong shell, and the suspension able to soak up anything the road could throw at it, course they were on tyres in those days not elastic bands.

www.britishv8.org/Articles/Rover-P6-Design.htm

My Landcruiser and Hilux laughed at the speed humps and pot holes, but for different reasons.

My MB indy echoes what the OP says about general suspension wear on modern cars.

All - Speed Bumps Damage - NorthernBoy

got a fiesta econetic and as lower than standard fiesta is a nightmare on speed bumps - got to go so slow over them.

All - Speed Bumps Damage - oldroverboy.

www.britishv8.org/Articles/Rover-P6

Nice interesting article,

Thanks for sharing that