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WIP How to make various types of suspension, and the pros and cons of each.
By BuddyBoarder
This guide will show you how to make various types of suspension, and tell you the pros and cons of them.
The guide will not show you how to make the "simple" suspension designs.
If you have any feedback please leave a comment.
I will be less active on this guide due to school.

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Category: Gameplay Basics, Modding or Configuration, Workshop
Languages: English
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26 May @ 10:08pm
9 Oct @ 11:43am
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Guide Index
Overview
Simple suspension designs. 
Complex suspension designs. 
Comments
Simple suspension designs.
Spring suspension
Pros
  • Cheap
  • Relatively compact
  • Extremely simple
  • Can be made to not be able to bottom out
Cons
  • Can't hold heavy weights
  • Can over extend
Design shown was able to hold 7 weight blocks.
Parts list
  • 19 Hubs
  • 4 Medium springs
  • 4 90 Degree bends
  • 4 Rover wheels


Torsion spring suspension
Pros
  • Cheap
  • Very compact
  • Can hold heavy weights
  • Extremely simple
Cons
  • Prone to bottoming out
  • Can become very bouncy and hard to control on rough terrain
Design shown was able to hold 16 weight blocks.
Parts list
  • 5 Hubs
  • 4 Medium torsion springs
  • 8 90 Degree bends
  • 4 Double spacers
  • 4 Rover wheels
Complex suspension designs.
Double wishbone suspension
Pros
  • Cool looking
  • Good for high-speed
    and low-speed applications
  • Good for general haulers
Cons
  • Heavy
  • Expensive
How to make double wishbone suspension
Step 1


Step 2


Step 3


Step 4 (I don't know why my taskbar is there)


Step 5













Rocker bogie suspension
This is a mars rover style of
rocker bogie suspension
Pros
  • Can hold heavy weights
  • Classic mars rover look
  • Good for low-speed applications
  • Hard to cause a rollover
Cons
  • Heavy
  • Can get very unstable at high speed on rough terrain
How to make rocker bogie suspension
Step 1


Step 2


Step 3


Step 4


Step 5


Step 6
12 Comments
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balarama 17 Oct @ 8:28pm 
На грани гениальности, без иронии. :)
Спасибо.
ERNesbitt 17 Oct @ 8:07am 
@full_stop: You can get even better performance by having the sliders an springs at opposite angles with bearings. It better approximates the real suspension in a car. The spring's job is to keeps the slider extended and any downward load is then equally distributed between the two linkages and some of the force is redirected outward instead of up and down.
C 9 Oct @ 11:13am 
Hey @buddy boarder, I think it may be helpful to add suspension instructions for non torsion spring suspension designs, since you need to get decently far in the main missions before unlocking it.

I made a workshop item after trying to examine someones' Lego suspension if anyone wants an example until/ if he doesn't :) definitely not the best. it's called "Overengineered suspension thingy" in the shop. I think I basically made torsion springs but with extra steps XD.
TOUGHPROPHET 7 Oct @ 8:31pm 
could you show a parts list for each of them too?
katc 5 Oct @ 9:39am 
@Atoms144 ah so that's why I couldn't seem to get it. Thanks.
Atoms144 4 Oct @ 10:19pm 
The torsion springs, which are the small in-line springs shown, are gotten after the main missions for the Fair. The Fair missions are the ones in the far west with the tornados.
BuddyBoarder  [author] 4 Oct @ 3:03pm 
@katc mostly side missions
katc 4 Oct @ 12:09pm 
what missions grant the suspension parts?
BuddyBoarder  [author] 1 Oct @ 5:59pm 
@full_stop I also use sliders
full stop 1 Oct @ 5:49pm 
I found one way of preventing springs from bottoming-out using "sliders."

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3578404017
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3577990873
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3577988230

how did you do it?