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Originally Posted by Aussie Mike
Hi Richard,
I changed my tie rod ends to 5/8" teflon lined 4130 rod ends. My main concern about them was keeping the dust and dirt out of them. Do you use any kind of dust cap or seal arrangement on the rod ends in your suspension or is the dust and dirt not a problem?
Cheers
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Mike,
I have not seen any wear from dirt as of yet. But these cars are not used in really bad/dirty environments.
I have seen these same rod ends in off road race vehicles and they do not seem to wear excessively but they replace them after every race, therefore poor data about wear.
I think that some of the sprint car guys here will have much more history on these units as they run in the worst conditions for a spherical bearing.
I know that there are a few companies that sell dust shields for the sprint car crowd.