I have a '72 Duster which I'm working on. I don't like the early suspension design with the tapers point up since it is impossible to work on with headers. So I was going to switch to the '73 style steering linkage but I can't figure out what to do with the tie rods.

The '72 style has a shorter center link so the tie rod ends sit inboard of the LCA pivot. That would seem to be a bump steer issue? The '73 center link is longer so the tie rod ends are close to the LCA pivot. That seems like a much better design.

Anyone bump these two designs and compare them? I'm assuming when it came time to design the '73 suspension the engineers much have known the '72 style wasn't the best so that is why they changed it?