Norm Peterson
corner barstool sitter
Obviously there are additional failure possibilities, there being (at least) a sensing subsystem and a power subsystem. I asked about this (elsewhere) I think nearly two years ago. I've had some time to think, so the answers I'm going to suggest now are probably a little better than the ones I got back then.Does Magnaride need routine servicing?
Is there a likely to be any components susceptible to failure over a standard suspension?
If the power side goes down (fuse, controller, wires, etc.) the damper(s) are almost certainly going to default to "full soft". Whatever amount of viscous friction is inherent in the MR fluid. Maybe if it's water or chemical intrusion into a connector and you end up with a high-resistance connection, you won't get quite as much damping as the controller is commanding (this is kind of an educated guess).
If something on the sensing side goes down, say some road debris or an off-road excursion takes out a sensor or its wire, it's at least possible for the controller to be programmed to understand the situation and default the commanded damping to something other than full soft.
Norm
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