anyone using Heim joints on track bar?
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on a sidenote, i was talking with a rockcrawler friend and he was claimin' the Heims were not DOT approved for Hwy. anybody confirm or deny that??
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Any of the high quality hiems (FK, NHBB) won't be able to be serviced. If you want to.... make a trac bar with Delrin bushings in both ends. You can always drill & tap the bushing & instal a grease zerk.
It's your choice, but think of it this way, an off road race car (desert), it is prepped after race, so, someone is looking at the hiems every 250 to 1000 miles. I see you live in NorCal, I live in SoCal. So, for an example, I had hiems on my Jeep GC track bar, (I built it myself), & using the $35 FK rod ends, I would only get 1000 miles out of them. That's with using the trick rubber seals to keep the dirt/water out. Not hard miles either. Needless to say, I went to delrin bushings,
Just for info:
KarTek.com, Baker Precision.com, Aircraft Spruce.com & others, check out their websites. lots of info on parts.
just my $.02
NT
It's your choice, but think of it this way, an off road race car (desert), it is prepped after race, so, someone is looking at the hiems every 250 to 1000 miles. I see you live in NorCal, I live in SoCal. So, for an example, I had hiems on my Jeep GC track bar, (I built it myself), & using the $35 FK rod ends, I would only get 1000 miles out of them. That's with using the trick rubber seals to keep the dirt/water out. Not hard miles either. Needless to say, I went to delrin bushings,
Just for info:
KarTek.com, Baker Precision.com, Aircraft Spruce.com & others, check out their websites. lots of info on parts.
just my $.02
NT