Automotive stub-axle assembly - incorporates one-piece vertical U=section housing to whose flanges steering link is fixed

摘要

The housing (12) is a one-piece stamping forming a vertical U-section channel. A one-piece link (70) is joined at one point (78) to the lever and at others to the flanges (62) at the middle portion (68) of the housing, so as to increase the latter's strength. The flanges being typically bent over at right angles at the fixing points, where they are flat and extend to the outside. ADVANTAGE - High resistance to torsional and bending loads.