steerable tag

[davidbrady]

(03-18-2013 13:00)cvaughn Wrote:  I hope I have attached a picture showing what to look for as bushing in the suspension start to fail. The red rust indicate the bushing is starting to move around. This particular bushing is on the lockup system of my tag axle.

Excellent high resolution photos Charlie. I'd love to see more pics of the Tag axle and it's articulating components - maybe after the rain passes .

Thanks for giving us an easy way to identify the start of a failed bushing. Bill Mattocks of Ridewell explained to me that the 8 bushings on the torque arms used in our steer and drive axles (8 on each, 16 total) should be good for 350K miles, but of course like our tires they're likely to require replacement due to age rather than miles. I imagine the same wear mileage and time limits apply to the panhard rod (dogbone) bushings.