Steering wheel shimmy often occurs when the vehicle is driving, which affects both riding comfort and driving safety. This article is to find out the reasons through the tests on wheel positioning, wheel dynamic balance, steering gear, and wheelbase parameter adjustment from the perspective of experimental verification. The results show that the dynamic balance that controls the tire assembly is between 0 and 5g. Actions like accurate calibration on the front wheel positioning parameters, adjustment on the free travel of steering gear and steering system, and wheelbase deviation to be controlled within 10mm, can eliminate the steering wheel shimmy.
Experimental study on steering wheel shimmy of the vehicle
Fourth International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Intelligent Manufacturing, and Automation Technology (MEMAT 2023) ; 2023 ; Guilin, China
Proc. SPIE ; 13082
2024-04-01
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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