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1. RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:08:12 EST; What a curiosity this is.....a rear suspension that transfers power to the wheels through a rubber donut. I'm familiar with the term but had never seen "it" until last week when I had a chance to se; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01042.html (7,860 bytes)
2. RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:53:09 -0500; Message text written by INTERNET:Chip19474@aol.com the forum that question....."Why did Triumph use rotoflex in lieu of perhaps a sway bar/swing axle Spit suspension or even an IRS setup?" < I guess; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01047.html (8,188 bytes)
3. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:08:30 -0500 <britcars@powerbritish.com>; Hi Chip, I'll throw my hat in on this one, but I bet Jonmac may have more insight. Using a lower wishbone on the GT6+ rear suspension lowers the roll center and thereby eliminates the 'jacking' effec; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01056.html (9,977 bytes)
4. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 07:24:29 -0700; The technology was used quite a bit in performance cars ar the time. That includes Formula Fords as well as other race cars. It actually works quite well and isn't all that much trouble. Bear in min; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01057.html (9,451 bytes)
5. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:35:05 -0800; ** Let's clear up one item first. . .both the Spitfire and the GT6 have true IRS rear suspensions, just different types. IRS simply stands for independent rear suspension, and both these vehicles ha; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01060.html (9,824 bytes)
6. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:43:13 -0500 2000) at 11/28/2000 08:41:29 AM; I would think that a lot of torque and horsepower would be lost through the rubber rotoflex. Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>@autox.team.net on 11/28/2000 09:24:29 AM Please respond to Joe Curry <spitlis; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01061.html (9,667 bytes)
7. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:22:15 -0700; Not as much as you would think. The reason is the donuts are designed so that the majority of flex is side to side rather than front to back. So the torque is transmitted through the donuts almost as; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01066.html (8,462 bytes)
8. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:31:11 -0600; This comment has confirmed a suspicion initiated by a recent previous post of yours. BMW and Mercedes, to name two, are currently using this sort of coupling to some success in their drive trains. Pe; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01067.html (7,965 bytes)
9. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:36:14 -0500 2000) at 11/28/2000 10:34:30 AM; it cost me about 1300 to replace my complete rotflex and suspension on my 70 gt6+. ouch. erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu@autox.team.net on 11/28/2000 11:05:35 AM Please respond to erl@unix.mail.virginia.e; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01079.html (9,947 bytes)
10. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:41:02 EST; perhaps I'm only guessing here, but one likely possibility is that Triumph was already utilizing the Roto'flex coupling on the front axle of the FWD Triumph 1300 introduced around 1965. As much as an; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01081.html (8,634 bytes)
11. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:45:58 -0500 2000) at 11/28/2000 10:44:16 AM; It just seems nonsense to use something that must be replaced a lot. Well it would be goof for mechanics we replace them. Wouldnt a live axle or similar rear suspension be easier to build, stronger,; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01084.html (9,334 bytes)
12. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:44:12 -0600; Maybe the folks at Triumph went to the Lotus factory to find out what Chapman was doing with all of their GT6 front suspension bits on the Elan, and noticed this rubber thing at the back and decided; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01086.html (9,122 bytes)
13. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:47:20 -0500 2000) at 11/28/2000 10:45:41 AM; Well, I bent over by what else: a couple of Brits.............wont use them again. Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> on 11/28/2000 11:42:48 AM To: naldous@ccgmail.com cc: You obviously didn't do it yourse; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01087.html (10,789 bytes)
14. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:25:11 -0500; Indeed, both the Merkur XR4ti and Scorpio use a rubber/rotoflex driveshaft coupling... and the rear suspension design is EXTREMELY similar to that of the IRS TRs. KMR; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01113.html (8,294 bytes)
15. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:27:35 -0800; Um, no. A live axle (aka "dead axle") is a horrible design compared to a properly designed IRS. The Rotoflex coupling is an elegant solution to the complex problem of locating the rear half-shaft -; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01115.html (8,283 bytes)
16. RE: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:15:29 -0800; You probably do lose some power (because the rubber is not perfectly elastic), but it sure can't be much, because otherwise they would melt ! Note that U-joints and splined shafts are not perfectly e; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01117.html (7,953 bytes)
17. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:53:32 -0600; From naldous at ccgmail.com <naldous@ccgmail.com> Lost where? I mean, where would it go? And do you think that Lotus would stand for that? Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01139.html (7,944 bytes)
18. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:26:17 -0800; What little is lost, is lost in stretching the rubber, which always takes a little more energy than what it 'gives back' when it returns to it's original shape. The loss goes to heat, heating the rub; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01148.html (8,419 bytes)
19. Re: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:07:09 -0500 2000) at 11/29/2000 07:05:33 AM; What about the use of spindles like are used in IRS front whell drive cars or in Humvees? Too complex of a setup? Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>@autox.team.net on 11/29/2000 01:26:17 AM P; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01154.html (8,698 bytes)
20. RE: RotoFlex Suspension (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:16:46 -0500 2000) at 11/29/2000 07:15:10 AM; My bad. Thats what I meant. "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com> on 11/29/2000 08:14:17 AM To: "'naldous@ccgmail.com'" <naldous@ccgmail.com>, Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net> cc: pet; /html/triumphs/2000-11/msg01155.html (9,532 bytes)

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