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rose joints
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:27 pm
by simkell
was looking at making my own rear trailing arms and was wondering what size rose joints other's were using.
one end will be standard bush the other rose joint, and the bar most likely crome moly. Any ideas anyone.
thanks in advance
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:37 pm
by MART
what sort of rig and how much did you want to spend , Cheers Paul.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:00 am
by simkell
80 series, and money is not an issue, just want to do it right the first time.
i want to make my own links, instead of buying. I have all the gear to make nearly anything i want, so for once i am going to give it a go.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:25 am
by nastytroll
you talkin Cro Mo or 4140? As 4140 is not Cro Mo but pre tuffened high tensile
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:33 pm
by Wooders
For any rig that sees street miles I wouldn't use a rose joint - they wear too quick.
Ok I'm biased, but I'd go for something like:
no metal on metal, easily rebuildable etc....
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:53 pm
by MART
Are you able to cut left and right threads to make them easily adjustable , Cheers Paul.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:55 pm
by Steve F
I agree with Wooders, I'm running rubicon arms with the superflex joint as shown in Wooders post. In this pic the rubber bush at the chassis end hasn't even started to flex yet as the rubicon joint is doing all the work. No noise on road and easily greased etc as well as fully rebuildable.
You can just see the horizontal angle of the contro arm and all the movement in the joint. No stressing of any bushes at this point.
Cheers
Steve
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:14 pm
by simkell
Wooders wrote:For any rig that sees street miles I wouldn't use a rose joint - they wear too quick.
Ok I'm biased, but I'd go for something like:
no metal on metal, easily rebuildable etc....
mate that was exactly what i was after but could not find anything like that on the net or anywhere for that matter.
do you know where i can get those types of bushes/ joints from.
cheers in advance
simon
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:24 pm
by Steve F
simkell wrote:Wooders wrote:For any rig that sees street miles I wouldn't use a rose joint - they wear too quick.
Ok I'm biased, but I'd go for something like:
no metal on metal, easily rebuildable etc....
mate that was exactly what i was after but could not find anything like that on the net or anywhere for that matter.
do you know where i can get those types of bushes/ joints from.
cheers in advance
simon
Wooders sells them
Cheers
Steve
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:21 pm
by kinglakekustoms
yeah im interested in some to how much is wooders selling them for .cheers
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:50 pm
by rustys
Give Glen Dobbin a call as he makes ones almost the same as them and you can rebuild them and they are tuff as hell.
Glen ,Peter Antanc,Phill Nobel, Athol,Chad Sheppard all run them in there Tuff Trucks and I have fitted them to some street driven trucks and they work exellent.
Glen PH W 02 9609 4446
Garth Rustys Fabworx
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:48 am
by badger
do they fit into gq front arms?
and would these lets it flex better or would the arm bind on the sides of the diff brackets first
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:04 am
by simkell
badger wrote:do they fit into gq front arms?
and would these lets it flex better or would the arm bind on the sides of the diff brackets first
mate i have looked into this and if it does bind then you will need to make larger brackets and collets either side if the joint to give it room to flex. again i plan on making my own front control arms, but i will be doing the rear first. make take me about 6 months before i get to the front.