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Originally Posted by Tenrocca
Thanks for all your inputs. All things considered Ive decided to go heim joints. Order 6 chromoly jobs and threaded inserts to do the pair ( M16x1.5mm Right Hand Male - Ultra High Performance Rod End). Brexit helped with the price.
All up with the steel it should work out cheaper than replacing all the stock bushes and bearings and save me 20kg in the process.
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That's actually a QA1 XM series chrome molly rod end. They are the ones I used on my fabricated arms however I used imperial ones. 3/4" for the top pivot and a super heavy duty 7/8" shank with a 3/4" ball for the lower.
I machined my own inserts.
I used urethane bushes on the chassis end of my arms and rod ends on the outside. This was a compromise for stiffness/ride quality. Also at the time when I spoke to engineers there was some question about whether all heim jointed was legal on the road so this was the safer option.
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