My front axle was "ovaled out" and cracked at the pivot pin, so replacing axle, pin, spacers, and bushing with new.
I noticed that the new bushing has quite a bit of clearance to the new pin (+.020"). That has been discussed in other threads, so won't repeat all that.
What I am confused about is the actual kinematics of the front end with this design. If you have the ball end of the radius rods disconnected, and with the pins in place in the axle at the other end and rotate the axle about the pivot, each ball end wants to translate up and down, so essentially the axle seems to act like a torsion bar. Is that the principle ?
I noticed that the new bushing has quite a bit of clearance to the new pin (+.020"). That has been discussed in other threads, so won't repeat all that.
What I am confused about is the actual kinematics of the front end with this design. If you have the ball end of the radius rods disconnected, and with the pins in place in the axle at the other end and rotate the axle about the pivot, each ball end wants to translate up and down, so essentially the axle seems to act like a torsion bar. Is that the principle ?