Abstract: A snowmobile includes a pair of skis connected to the snowmobile frame by a forward suspension including a pair of telescopic struts which are biased to normally extended positions and are connected to a stabilizer member including a transverse torsion bar. A drive track of the snowmobile is suspended from the frame by a rear suspension, including a link pivotally connected between the frame, and a pair of slide rails and biased downwardly by a pair of torsion springs having respective ends engaged with a pivotally mounted spring end retainer which is connected to the torsion bar of the forward suspension by a pair of motion transfer links which act to "soften" the rear suspension in response to upward telescopic movement of one or the other or both of the telescopic struts.

Abstract: A snowmobile includes a pair of skis connected to the snowmobile frame by a forward suspension including a pair of telescopic struts which are biased to normally extended positions and are connected to a stabilizer member including a transverse torsion bar. A drive track of the snowmobile is suspended from the frame by a rear suspension, including a link pivotally connected between the frame, and a pair of slide rails and biased downwardly by a pair of torsion springs having respective ends engaged with a pivotally mounted spring end retainer which is connected to the torsion bar of the forward suspension by a pair of motion transfer links which act to "soften" the rear suspension in response to upward telescopic movement of one or the other or both of the telescopic struts.

Abstract: A snowmobile ski suspension comprises a telescopic strut formed from a fixed support tube and a guard tube reciprocably and swivelly mounted in the guard tube. The support tube is fixed to one end of a crossbar of the snowmobile frame. Steering of a ski attached to the bottom of the guard tube is accomplished by rotating a bifurcated steering arm, which is journaled on the support tube so as to straddle the crossbar, the steering motion being transferred to the ski by a hinge connected between the steering arm and the ski. A shock absorber and a coil compression spring are mounted in the strut and act to resist collapse of the latter.