Nonetheless, bigger bumps frequently see
the rear axle hopping and skipping underneath you, which is exciting but also a little alarming.
Not exact matches
With an independent
rear suspension, there's no
axle hop.
Chevy Camaro ZL1 independent
rear suspension includes asymetrical half shafts to reduce
axle hop under heavy accleration.
Sharp bumps can upset the old - fashioned
rear axle, but the resulting
hops and skips are well controlled by the dampers.
Other
hop - ups included Bilstein dampers, a thicker front anti-roll bar, quicker steering ratio, a three - speed automatic transmission, and a 3.73:1
rear axle.
At the
rear, new traction bars curbed
axle hop.
When I last drove a new Ford Mustang, it still had a wheel -
hop - inducing solid
rear axle.
These rebadged Holdens aren't often modified to this extent, thanks to part scarcity, claustrophobic
rear axle area, and an independent
rear suspension that is prone to nasty wheel
hop.
So the bed and
rear axle do not bob around like an empty school bus
hopping over a speed bump.
The result is a more comfortable truck over broken surfaces, not to mention a more obedient
rear end — there's nothing in the way of disconcerting
axle hop or «bed dance.»
There was some wheel
hop from the leaf - spring solid
rear axle, but not nearly as bad as many other trucks we have driven.
The
rear differential is the electronically controlled kind and driveshafts are asymmetric, developed specifically to avoid the dreaded
axle hop under hard straight - line acceleration.