PASSENGER CAR AND LIGHT TRUCK SHOCK ABSORBER INSPECTION EQUIPMENT. VOLUME I. SUMMARY REPORT

Four commercial on-the-vehicle shock absorber testers were evaluated for suitability with periodic motor vehicle inspection programs. Tests were conducted on these four testers with five vehicles using shock absorbers of known quality. A study was also conducted to determine the effects and modes of shock absorber degradation, and the range of shock absorber damping in the prevailing vehicle population.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-241 605.
• Corporate Authors:

  Tracor Jitco, Incorporated

  1300 East Jefferson Street
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wooten, R D
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Damping (Physics); Equipment tests; Inspection; Motor vehicles; Passenger vehicles; Reliability; Shock absorbers; Testing; Testing equipment; Trucks; Vibration tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Degradation; Motor vehicle inspection
• Old TRIS Terms: Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091382
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TJ-102-019-Vol-1 Final Rpt., HS-801 527
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-256-3-755
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 1989 12:00AM