I do not know where your Bremach comes from. I t seems to me that the Springs are the problem.
on the spring in the front ( right side) i see 3 blades an on the other side (Left side) but i can only see 2 blades. Are the blades clamped together? as there is much room between the blades.
They are flat , they should be Hollow ( see picture) , do you have the 2 shackles on both ends ?
Ich seh auf der linken Seite aber auch 3 Blätter. Für mich sind die Federblätter verschliessen. Er hat ja schon Luft zwischen den einzelnen Blättern. Zudem ist es vom Achsaufbau noch ein T-Trek...er dürfte garnicht so tief liegen!
I know the words we use for components are different.
Is this normal? - the leaf spring and the tie-rod seem too close
This front springs are deformated (= heavy overbended in the rear half of the spring), usually as a result of heavy jumps. The deformated aluminium noise protection plate on bottom of the t-rod speaks even for this scenario. Thats the main reason why the distance between the t-rod and the spring is too small. Note: This kind of parabolic springs very seldom breaks when oberstressed, mainly stay constantly deformated as shown on the pic.
I can even see the triangle reinforcement on the outer knuckle, which was a modification only done by Allrad-Christ, so I assume this is an ex-Rheinbraun truck from one of their coal mines. So the t-rod problem could even be increased by a worn out upper knuckle bearing, creating too much play. One of the usual problems on this vehicles.
I believe it's not the server, it's that redd should insert a (non-floating) picture into his post rather than a link to a picture, e.g. for http://i.imgur.com/MG3VXpy.jpg: