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Old 10-21-2010, 06:32 PM
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Actually, if constructed correctly, the wishbone is about as bind free as you can get.

There are 2 definitions of a wishbone...

The off-road guys refer to triangulated upper links with a single pivot on the axle housing (basically a trinagulated 4 link design). No real problems with that, except you have a relatively high, non-adjustable roll center (the axle pivot).

Drag racers refer to a Y shaped assembly that mounts between the lower links of a straight 4 link suspension. This design won't allow quite as much roll, and offers a very low, non-adjustable roll center. Either type should perform well enough, as long as the link angles are at least 60deg to each other.
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