Ron if you have time could you indulge one question from me -
Maybe its just a feature of the TA2 design, but it seems the arm design on this clip went out of the way to put the lower rod ends in a single axis. To me this is normally done on OEM style arms so that they can use bushings. With rod ends, it seems like it doesn't matter that much how you align the pivots (for example in your GT clip) since they will articulate. I'm also wondering if that's why the front pivot is skewed as it looks like there would be still be clearance if it came in straight from the ball joint along the FACL, or at least very close. Even though that arm is plenty stout, the amateur engineer in me just see's a big bend right in the load path.
Is there anything you're willing to share on why or why not one would want to keep rod end pivots on axis vs just putting them in the correct 3d space ? And was this skewing of the FLCA pivot mostly done for clearance ?
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