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We actually have discussed the analyzer before. I had intended to purchase a set..I abandoned this suspension design for these very reasons. I refined it and eventually got it down to 1" total toe in and 0 toe out. However, I was not able to ( in good conscience) tell anyone my front end had 0 bump steer with that design. That is what spawned the new design and ita a solid design that is easy to tune with out bump. That analyzer would be very handy once all the measurements were added to it. I have approx 20 hrs in this front end now. That includes removing corroded shock bolts. Absolutely no idea how that happen but those zink plated grade 8 bolts were oxidized enough it took a 3 lb hammer to get them out. To complicate that, some how some way, one lower shock bolt (grade 8 -1/2" ) bolt was ever so slightly bent. Had to drill out the 1/2" shock mount passages to clean that all up. I didn't think I was going to get that corroded bent bolt out. All but 1 heim were low carbon steel , w/o liners so all of those were wore out 10 years ago. 75% of them sounded like baby rattles they were so shot. Now, all chromoly , all lined self lhbricationg heims. Once removing the extended clevises for the rack ends, I measured and cut them down past the bent spots to standard length. Had to clean the threads a tiny bit on the ends. Once I got all that replaced I clamped a straight edge to the side of the frame,, for a fixed point, to test 1 side to get a direction.So Scott opted for 3/4" heims on one end of the tie rods at the steering arm. With that size mis alignment spacer, that leaves room for 2-1/8" washers for adjustment purposes. . Once I cut the clevis down I had to cut the steel tie rods in half and add adjustable splices. So tie rods heims, were adjusted up and down, rack was moved forward and back 1.5" Did you raise/lower rack as well?. Caster set at 10* and -1* camber, 1/4" up on tie rod spindle side and 1" back or inwards on rack. Also noticed the front a arm heims ( at the frame) were to tight of and angle and digging into the mis spacers. That wears heims very fast etc etc. So rocked the back of the a arms out to lighten the angle and now didnt need a 1" rack spacer. That worked out quite well. The rest of the issue can only been seen in person.