Fifty years is a long time, especially for a vehicle's suspension components. Although the shocks get replaced regularly, leaf springs are rarely given much thought—unless you want to lower the ...

We've often touted the benefits of leaf spring suspensions. Sure, they are simple. Sure, its technology that could be almost 300 years old, and sure, leaf springs aren't terribly fancy. But hey, they ...

Leaf springs live a hard life under your 4x4. They are constantly blasted by sand, covered in mud, splashed with water, and dragged across rocks. Every time the suspension flexes or hits a bump, each ...

Through the 1950s, all domestic trucks featured a ladder frame with leaf springs front and rear. These semi-elliptic springs arch below the framerails. The steering knuckles pivot on kingpins at each ...

Porsche's latest patents show a company that is looking at the future but also well into the past. Three different patents all involve leaf springs. A suspension technology that every other serious ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...