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How It's Made Mini-Episodes: Shock Absorbers
Shock absorbers smooth your ride and counteract the bounce when you hit a bump. Shocks affect the steering, stopping and stability of cars. In this minisode of How It's Made, find out how the shock absorbers in our cars are made.
Added: Apr 27, 2011
Views: 11300 Views
Runtime: 05:07
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