diy adjustable strut rods

72bluNblu said

The result will look different for your LCA movement though, because the LCA will slide on the LCA pivot pin when the strut rod bushings compress and stretch. Now, that movement will be exactly the same amount as allowed by the factory rubber LCA bushings, it's just slip instead of flex.

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I'm curious about this. Does the pivot end of the LCA really move fore/aft to the same extent as the outboard end with rubber strut rod bushings. If the LCA socket is nice and snug in the LCA, I would think the tension of the torsion bar in the LCA socket would keep that end of the LCA pretty stationary from a fore/aft standpoint, would it not?

Also, with a rubber LCA bushings, I would think any fore/aft movement on the outboard end would translate into more of a tangential force (if that's even the correct term) between the LCA pin/bushing interface than any fore/aft motion at that pivot end. In that case, poly/delrin LCA bushings be much better at resisting that type of force, wouldn't they?