Front Suspension

Front suspension
The front suspension system on Rio is a typical MacPherson strut layout with single pivot forged control arms. The front suspension consists of the following:





^ A transverse front tension rod that limits sway and doubles as a trailing arm on each side to maintain control arm alignment.
^ The control arms include integral ball joints which allow steering and ride travel of the wheels. The wheels are mounted on steering knuckle forgings, clamped to the control arm ball joints and bolted to the strut lower ends.
^ The upper ends of the struts are seated in towers in the engine compartment. Caster and camber are not adjustable.
^ Rubber bushings at the control arm and tension rod mounting points cushion road shocks.