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tluxon
Jun 10, 2005Explorer
bettered wrote:I'd bet those ears are designed that way intentionally as a safeguard to prevent anything weird from happening if the linkage were allowed to reach its natural limit. I'm thinking the stresses and leverage within the linkage could get quite high if the linkage DID reach that natural limit.
You're on to something, but the front bar can't go quite that far.. The ears the carry the restraint (drop down bar) are in the middle of the front bar and about 1 1/2" wide. That's what the short link hits, and the link is almost 3" wide in the middle. I'll check that out too.
Tim
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