[Mgs] Locating my rear end

[PaulHunt73]

It occurred to me overnight that if the end of the rod nearest the front 
spring mounting were free to move on the spring, given that the rod seems to 
have rose joints, it wouldn't do anything at all.  Quite coincidentally a 
pal emailed me with a discussion on RV8 rear suspension.  They have torque 
control/anti-tramp arms on the rear suspension, and there are Moss and 
Frontline kits as well.  The aftermarket kits have a similar bracket to the 
ones on the left in your picture, but they bolt to the spring front mounting 
bracket and the floor near it.  That makes a sort of parallelogram (ignoring 
the curvature of the spring), which allows the axle to move up and down 
freely, but prevents the axle twisting under high torque loads.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> ...  I have vague
> recollection of being told do to something to allow them to slide forward 
> and
> back on the leaf springs, to keep things from binding up, but may be 
> confusing
> that with another type of suspension link.