The suspension and tires handle best when weight transfer from braking isn’t sudden. But if a driver makes a quick lane change or comes to a panic stop, the weight of the vehicle is transferred to the suspension. And if that corner of the vehicle has a weak shock or strut, the suspension could rapidly compress.
Tire Review’s Maddie Winer explains how a vehicle’s transferred weight from a result of brakes and corners can impact the shocks and struts, from the Tire Review Continental Tire Garage Studio at Babcox Media.