Your car is composed of thousands of individual parts that work together to carry you down the road. Some of those components are large and well-known — for example, most people understand that the ...

Endurance Warranty, Omega Auto Care, Toco Warranty and American Dream Auto Protect Shocks (shock absorbers) and struts are part of your vehicle's suspension system, helping absorb road impacts and ...

Is your car giving you a rougher ride than usual? Does it seem to bounce more after you hit a bump? Do you hear a creaking noise as you drive down the road? Then you should probably get your shocks or ...

CARS.COM — Some vehicles, particularly for the front suspension, have struts. While the terms shocks and struts often are used together, struts are a suspension assembly that includes a shock absorber ...

I’m sure you’ve probably heard this before. “Your shocks and (or) struts are blown and need replacing.” You are quoted some astronomical price and you immediately ask yourself, “How important are ...

Vehicle stabilization seems to be an afterthought during vehicle extrication. Some suggest that a vehicle doesn’t need stabilization unless the vehicle is unbalanced. Only then will the cribbing and ...

Topic: Factors that affect strut working load limit (WLL) Objective: The rescue team will understand the WLL of a strut Task: The rescue team will understand that the WLL changes with components used, ...

Solid-mount strut rods have been with us now for well over 15 years, but a lot of information is still unknown about them. And there is also some misinformation about how they work. Generally, most of ...

The terms "shock" and "strut" are often colloquially used to refer to the same part, perhaps because they both operate within a car's suspension apparatus. Structurally, however, they are distinctly ...