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who are saying "wait a minute, the node at the tension rod bracket would translate if you rotated the link about the FLCA bushing axis", I say, "yes, it would, but intelligently, Nissan made the nodes co-linear even though the axes of rotation aren't". English translation: the point at the center of the tension rod bushing is coincident with the FLCA bushing axis, so you only need a total of 3 degrees of rotational freedom (2 at the t-rod bushing and 1 at the FLCA bushing since you want it to rotate about the FLCA bushing axis). Shown below is the driver's side FLCA + t-rod assembly during suspension compression (front center of the car is to the bottom left, obviously): 
 "The more "F" and the less "m" you have, the more "a" you can get." -- Brian Beckman, The Physics of Racing |
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