Engineering on Instagram: "Bell-Crank Rear Suspension — How trucks turn up-and-down wheel motion into a smooth ride In this video, we explain how a bell-crank linkage converts vertical wheel travel into motion for an inboard spring/damper, letting trucks package suspension compactly while tuning ride and handling. 📌 What you’ll learn in this video: ✔ How the bell-crank mechanically transfers wheel movement to the spring/damper. ✔ Why engineers choose bell-crank setups (packaging, tunability, ro

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Grahams Hot Rod Shop, Inc. on Instagram: "The stock-location Lokar gas pedal wouldn’t allow me to run the throttle cable straight out of the firewall—it ran right into the side of the big-block Chevy’s valve cover. I ended up fabricating a bell crank/linkage setup to reroute the throttle cable through a different spot in the firewall so it would work with the Hilborn injection."