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On my tow vehicle with stiff springs and poly bushings for the control arms and large tires. This is a must stiffer ride. Noted when the caster angle is large the front mount point stud breaks under tension loading. This happens under very light loading the upper control arm has applied to it as compared to the lower arm at road speed. The break happens at low speed when backing up with a wheel locked to the right. I had to reset the caster to near zero and I'm fine now!

The hime joint rod end is far stronger then the stud setup. I also do not see the lower arm in the picture. I assume is has a much larger mechanical joint to withstand the far greater loads.

as used the hime joint allows for rotation in the xplane about a Z axis which is constrained by the two mount points.

If you mounted the hime joint vertical in this configuration it would allow for rotation in the xplane about a Z axis unconstrained at both mount points which would allow caster and camber to move all over the place! This would be a fun ride indeed at over 150mph

This is exactly how my alfa spyder is setup only with very soft rubber mounts on the control arms and a caster strut the contrains the Xplane rotation somewhat by rubber mounts at points on the frame and a ball joint on the control arm,, makes for very good handling on corners

There is no caster strut in the picture, They do not want it changing dynamically. So the hime joints make it very solid! I bet the car also has "Power Steering"!

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