I read most of the article and he has a good point but I still disagree. The weight of the vehicle is on the top strut mount via the tower, this force is (lets say) true vertical. The load path goes like this: from the tire contact patch through the rim into the hub. From the hub it goes into the lower part of the strut/lower spring pearch. Through the spring pearch into the spring and up to the upper spring mount. From the upper mount the load goes into the bearing plate and that is attached to the tower. All of the weight forces the tower inwards due to the angle the tower is attached to our car, and the angle the strut is installed. So even if we enter a corner hard enough to unload the front inside tire (this is a FWD car....cmon?) is is not going to pull the tower outwards. Tension is defined as loosely as this: pulling on the rod in a way in such that it sees negative load...in other words if a load cel were placed on the strut bar the load would have to go from one extreme (load cels see force pushing upon an object as a negative reading due to their design) so it would have to go from negative through zero into a positive load for the bar to see any tension......
