"Al J" > wrote in message
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>
> The revised rear upper control arm setup made me wonder if it was the
> fix for all the problems with rear axle carrier bearings, since this
> would seem to take some of the loading off the axle tube to differential
> case. The new Liberty's have a similar setup, which made me wonder if DC
> was just sharing parts to save $$$ ;-)

Weight load is still on the axle tubes, the links only serve to locate the
axles, the load is taken by the springs.