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Thank you again for your insight. This is the original design no engineering changes have been made. We have had no failures with the kingpin itself only the the bushing. The issue is to replace the bushing in 150 existing machines. My assumption is that the original material (Bronze SAE...

I understand the forces acting upon the top and bottom of the bushing. but I am not certain how to figure those out. I understand the basic concept of sum of forces and moment arms. But am uncertain how to implement them in the instance.

Thank you for the response. I like the idea of the king pin center line intersecting the midpoint of the tire contact patch. Unfortunately, this is an existing design. That is something I will definitely implement into the Gen 2 design. Thank you. The issue is the existing bushing wearing...

I would be grateful for any assistance I'm attempting to calculate the load on the bushing in the kingpin post on this steering axle. I've uploaded a pdf of the assembly. The load would be perpendicular to the kingpin center line at the top and bottom of the bushing. I'm not certain how...