Installing linkage clips

How are yous guys installing these though?

The entire clip under the stud, or the head of the stud through the two sections of the clip?

And why are the clips wider on one leg, and opposite on the inner vs outer side?

Iirc, I'm putting the entire clip under the head of the stud, then I turn them around so the bend in the rod is against the clip.
It seemed obvious to me from the start the whole clip goes under the stud. But then I don't know how many times it ended up with only one side under while I was trying to install it. So I knew that was too loose to work.

I thought that odd shape on the clip it might be used for clipping it in (start one side, push it over, start the other side) but no. I think it's a part of getting the danged thing back off after it's installed though.