Hyme joints on the road...

[justinshere]

Hey

Looking into running hyme joints on a 4 link rear. Curious about how they perform on the road in a daily driver?
Heard mixed reviews on them.
Do they give out much vibration through the arms chassis etc?
How do they wear too?

Cheers Justin

[80's_delirious]

They wear quicker because they are an open joint, they are exposed to abrasive grit, dirt, water etc
Also not legal for on road use.

[flexytj]

mine have only just worn out after 45,000 klm/5years and i am engineered with them for road use , will be replacing them
with a combination of heims and jonnie joints . i prefer hiems over rubber bushes as my car doesnt seem to wander about
with heims like it does with rubber bushes in the control arms .

[justinshere]

Yeah already been given green light from engineer as long as the size of them is in proportion to the rest of the vehicle, weight etc

flexytj - so you've used rubber bushes also? what about a difference between them, in regards to more noise through metal on metal?

[flexytj]

metal joints are a little noiser but aslong as you look after them ie wd 40 them once a week they are not too bad
mine are on a long arm suspension setup on my jeep and i dont think they ride any worse than the gq trailing arm
bushes i have used in their place , bushes make the car feel like it wanders all over the road . i prefer heims

[nastytroll]

Evolution Machining make great rebuildable heims at a good price.

[MightyMouse]

The JJ's are very substantial units - which might cause space issues sometimes - and really cheap to rebuilt should you ever need to.

Thy are the sort of size that an engineer looks at and goes "tick".....

[98lux]

This company make them for ON road use http://www.mcdonaldbrosracing.com.au/suspension1.html

[MightyMouse]

All i can see are "urethane bushed...." . I don't think thats comparable with the more common definition of a rod end.