i've been trying to track down a slightly loose feel at my front wheels and i am now thinking it is the "stabilizer link bars".
1. when replacing rhese you buy two bushings for the other ends? and two ball joint things but not the bracket? or i guess it comes as one piece?
2. how do you know when these are bad aside from the fact they are probably 25 years old.
3. my brackets seem to be a bit twisted. can i just hammer them back into shape? or the fact they are a little wonky means i should look further?
4. can anyone help me wrap my head around how the front end behaves? the wheels are obviously attached directly to the axle. the axle is then separated and supporting the frame with the coils and shocks? then - well at that point you primarily have the two radius arms attaching the axle basically on kind of a restricted arc with the middle of the frenetic somewhere? then this stabilizer bar has yeo very low torque value bolts attaching it to the two sides of the axle? and it kind of turns back and is hanging off these two ball joint connections at the frame? is there a way to intuitively understand how the radius arms and the stabilizer bars behave handling wise?
THANKS
1. when replacing rhese you buy two bushings for the other ends? and two ball joint things but not the bracket? or i guess it comes as one piece?
2. how do you know when these are bad aside from the fact they are probably 25 years old.
3. my brackets seem to be a bit twisted. can i just hammer them back into shape? or the fact they are a little wonky means i should look further?
4. can anyone help me wrap my head around how the front end behaves? the wheels are obviously attached directly to the axle. the axle is then separated and supporting the frame with the coils and shocks? then - well at that point you primarily have the two radius arms attaching the axle basically on kind of a restricted arc with the middle of the frenetic somewhere? then this stabilizer bar has yeo very low torque value bolts attaching it to the two sides of the axle? and it kind of turns back and is hanging off these two ball joint connections at the frame? is there a way to intuitively understand how the radius arms and the stabilizer bars behave handling wise?
THANKS