Yes you are correct. While I doubt the circlip retained output drive flanges would disengage without an additional force to retain them, they could. My thinking is in a right turn the lower strut arm is in compression , half shaft in tension and wanting to pull out of the transaxle. The “spring strut” pulls (in tension) to keep the half shaft engaged. On the opposite side same right turn, the lower strut will be in tension,half shaft in compression and that spring in tension too, although tension in this case is not required as the forces are pushing the half shaft into the trans. I did a few free body diagrams, seems to make sense. What I didn’t determine are the forces involved so what spring tension is required to make this viable, if at all is an unknown. Guess I should have gotten some strain gauges or weight scales to do some measurements. The current springs are 300 lbs in tension and are always in tension. The rate is just a SWAG. The entire suspension moves freely with no binding, stays in positive camber thru it’s travel, so we shall see. I thank you for you comments and any additional.
