With over a century of 4x4 truck history, there’s been a lot of time for innovation. Light trucks use one fixed and one steering axle to drive four tires. Over the decades, changes have been made to ...

Suspensions, suspensions, suspensions! Sometimes it seems like the only tech stories we do here at CLASSIC TRUCKS are chassis and suspension related. Then again, there's good reason for our bias. Most ...

Straight-axle madness. Its spores were belched from supercharged Chryslers throughout the '60s, lay dormant for three decades, then came back to hit the gearhead world like a Napalm strike that won't ...

A patent application recently filed by Ford describes a new electrified solid rear axle with electric motors built into the wheel hubs. In half-ton trucks, IRS is fine because it provides superior ...

Ford has applied for a patent on a solid-axle and hub-motor combination for EVs remarkably similar to what the automaker dismissed as nonviable for its F-150 Lightning pickup truck. As detailed in the ...

For the most part, while their functions are deceptively complex, we're all familiar with a typical car axle. Being the method by which most cars mount their wheels, axles represent one of the most ...

It is almost the season to be jolly. Some will be happier than others, and a few weeks in advance. Solomon Lunger, the host of the Ford Era channel on YouTube, for example, got an exclusive chance to ...

Ford has filed a patent application for solid axles with integrated hub motors, hinting at a very different kind of EV powertrain from the Blue Oval. Instead of allowing wheels to move up and down ...

As opposed to the JL/JLU Wrangler, the 2021 model year Ford Bronco features double-wishbone independent front suspension. Available with a Dana AdvanTEK differential or Spicer Performa-TraK electronic ...

Some debates are never ending and will rage until time stops. Ford or Chevy. Good versus evil. Old or new. Chocolate or vanilla. Donkey or elephant. Which is best can lead to arguments that are ...