rear leaf bushing bind

[Mean 69]

everyone is still missing the point , leaf springs bushings don't just rotate around the bolt they must also tilt as the rear end housing rotates about the rear roll center, this would be all good and fine if we didn't have to have the rear wheels able to move independently of each other as you go in to turns and up driveways or dips and bumps in the road.

No, actually this is not completly true. At all. A leaf spring can, and will (thank heavens) move in torsion. Still not ideal, but they can, do, and MUST move to allow angular movement of the stiff rear axle assembly. Not pretty, but necessary...

(BTW, that's the other source of bind on a leaf car, but fret not, at least not too much, the strain on the leaf's is nowhere near fatigue levels....)



Isn't this fun?
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