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Subject:Re: Radius Rod Landing on Frame
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:53:45 -0700

Miguel

        They are supposed to be Round ~ There has been discussion in the past on this List or WetWestys

about this being a Known PointOfFailure & ways to deal with it ~ Others will chime in I'd Guess ~

                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 19 Jan , 2015, at 10:19 AM, Miguel Pacheco wrote:

> 85 Westy 2wd.....I'm rebuilding the front end. The holes on the frame,
> where the radius rods land are not perfectly round. They  appear to have
> worn at the base of the hole, where the bushing sleeves made contact with
> the metal. The puzzling thing is that they have both worn identically,
> which brings me here. Are they supposed to be perfectly round? The bible
> only shows one illustration, in the Syncro section (40.26,) and it is round.
> Muchas Gracias!
> *Miguel*
> 
> *The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it- basically because
> you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. *
> *- Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary*